Acknowledgments

The Race & in America digital publication series was developed by Brown University Digital Publications. The production team consisted of Sophie Abramowitz, Cosette Bruhns Alonso, Crystal Brusch, Emily Ferrier, Patricia Figueroa, Laura Garbes, Julia Hurley, Allison Levy, Andressa Macena Maia, Marie Malchodi, Nasir Marumo, N’Kosi Oates, Erica Saladino, Leo Selvaggio, Holiday Shapiro, Holly Snyder, and Laura Stokes. Special thanks to the panelists and student interviewers, Butter, Nora Dimmock, Richard M. Locke, Joseph Meisel, Marisa Quinn, and Tricia Rose.

Image Credits

Van Vechten, Carl. Portrait of Alvin Ailey. 1955. Photograph. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231], Washington, D.C., https://lccn.loc.gov/2004662477. Accessed 7 September 2022.

Scoles, I. James Hewlett as Richard the third in imitation of Mr. Kean. 1821–31? Drawing. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:44820098$4i. Accessed 7 September 2022.