Dancer broke barriers for African Americans in the 1950s in leading roles with the New York City Ballet Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African Americans in the 1950s as a dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a driving force in the creation of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, has died. He was 84.Mitchell died on Wednesday at a New York City hospital according to his niece, Juli Mills…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM on September 20, 2018