Ira Aldridge was the first internationally famous African-American actor. He became a renowned interpreter of Shakespearean tragedy on the European stage. Aldridge was born on in 1807, in New York City and was the son of Lurona and Daniel Aldridge. His father, a Presbyterian minister worried about his son's interest in the theater and sent […]
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