Arthur Mitchell was the co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Dance Theater of Harlem. It was the first African-American ballet company. Under the direction of Mitchell the Dance Theater of Harlem rose to be one of the most premier ballet companies of its time. Mitchell was raised in ...
Arthur Mitchell is a dancer and choreographer who created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Mitchell was born on March 27, 1934, in New York City, New York. He is one of four siblings and grew up in the streets of Harlem, New York. Mitchell was forced to assume financial ...
The Supreme Court rules a Jim Crow laws to be unconstitutional in a case that putting Arthur W. Mitchell against the U.S railroad industry. BACKGROUND On April 20, 1937, Tuskegee Institute Black U.S Congressman, Rep. Arthur W. Mitchell (D-IL), boarded a train to Hot Springs, AR and was to ride first class. While heading through Memphis, TN ...
Photo credits: Click Americana Congressman Arthur Mitchell (D-Illinois) successfully argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that African-Americans were entitled to railroad accommodations equal to white passengers. A conductor forced Mitchell to give up his first-class accommodations for a “Jim Crow” car on a ...