African American Heritage Week: Alvin Ailey

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Next on the list of influential figures, and dancing into our hearts, is the dancer, artistic director, and choreographer Alvin Ailey. Ailey was born in the Great Depression era, 1931, in Texas. He was raised by a single mother after his father left the family, and followed his mother around the state, and eventurally to Los Angeles, in 1941. It was there that Ailey discovered his love of ... ...more

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