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2 unusual facts about National Black Arts Festival


Jeraldyne Blunden

She received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Dayton and Wright State University, as well as prestigious awards including the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship Award, the Dance/USA 2000 Honors Award, the Katherine Dunham Award, the Dance Magazine Award, The National Black Arts Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Dance Women Living Legend Honors, and the Regional Dance America Northeast Award.

National Black Arts Festival

People of all ages and races have gathered together to bask in the presence of: Maya Angelou, Charles Dutton, Wynton Marsalis, Amiri Baraka, Avery Brooks, Nancy Wilson, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Spike Lee, Ousmane Sembène, Pearl Cleage, Kenny Leon, Carrie Mae Weems, Radcliffe Bailey, Sonia Sanchez and literally thousands of other artists from the USA and around the world.



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