ROUTES' Roots — documenting African American culture

ROUTES Roots is a podcast by ROUTES, A Guide to African American Culture. This month our 5th podcast episode features the famous African-American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, anthropologist, and social activist Katherine Dunham.  She is also know as the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance" and died May 21, 2006 (aged 96) in New York City, U.S.

Author of the text is Theda Palmer-Saxton PhD and your show host for this episode is Margorie Johnson.

Photo: Phyllis Twachtman, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ROUTES Roots is a podcast by ROUTES, A Guide to African American Culture.  This episode is about Luther Bill Robinson A.K.A. Mr. Bojangles. The famous African American tap dancer, actor, and singer developed a new tap dancing routine and since 1989 his birthday is National Tap Dance Day.

Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ROUTES Roots is a podcast by ROUTES, A Guide to African American Culture.  This episode is about Ethel Waters, also known as "Sweet Mama String Bean". The African American jazz singer and dancer performed also in many Broadway plays, at a time when segregation was still in place.

Photo: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ROUTES Roots is a podcast by ROUTES, A Guide to African American Culture.  This episode is about Joseph Louis Barrow, an African-American professional boxer. His record is unequaled to this day. 

ROUTES Roots is a podcast by ROUTES, A Guide to African American Culture. In this episode we talk about  Eleanore Gough McKay. She was born April 7, 1915. However, she was "born again" that night on the Apollo Theatre's stage and renamed Billie Holiday.