Ira Aldridge

Shakespeare in Blackface

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

The history of Shakespeare in America is deeply entwined with racial conflicts.

Ira Aldridge, as Othello, in battle armor, by William Mulready

African American Ira Aldridge, a Shakespearean actor in the early 1800s, honored in England

August 3, 2017Arts