Offers a case study of an African American college student's involvement in theater. Describes her experiences in high school and university theater programs and the meanings she made of those experiences to reveal her concept of ethnicity. (SR)

Describes the history of the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Dance Company, known as PHILADANCO, founded in the early 1970s by Joan Myers Brown at her Philadelphia School of Dance. PHILADANCO has sought to discover and train a corps of local Black dancers to build a strong dance company and important cultural institution. (AF)

Describes the potential that theater has to exert a positive influence on students' behavior patterns. States that positive educational experiences for African-American children may be achieved through the development of "an alternative frame of reference, positive self-concepts, a Black identity, and a commitment to their people."…

A Pennsylvania district's Student/Community Enrichment Activity Program involves students in both after-school and cocurricular activities in multicultural programs that continue the educational process. Programs such as American History Profiles, the American Landscape, Motown Night, and Poetry Night were carefully planned by students and their…

Presents statistical data on the progress of African Americans in higher education, discussing: the black-white higher education equality index; statistics measuring the state of racial inequality; blacks in the performing and fine arts; and state-by-state comparison of blacks as a percentage of all public and private college enrollments compared…