U Street’s Funk Parade honors A Women of D.C. Funk: Shellee Haynesworth
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U Street’s Funk Parade honors A Women of D.C. Funk: Shellee Haynesworth
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May 2015
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Apr 2015
IN THE NEWS: Black Broadway on U selected as 2015 NBPC 360 Fellow
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Black Broadway on U: A Transmedia Project selected to participate in National Black Programming Consortium’s 360 Incubator Program.
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Jun 2014
TV One’s News One Now: Black Broadway on U Segment
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Black Broadway on U: A Transmedia Project’s Executive Producer/Creator, Shellée Haynesworth national appearance on TV One’s News One Now with Roland Martin.
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May 2014
Shellée Haynesworth, Executive Producer/Creator of Black Broadway on U: A Transmedia Project speaks about being deeply influenced as a child by her grandmother's stories about her native D.C.'s heydays of Black Broadway on U Street era before Harlem.
Women in Film and Video – April 2014 :: Member-in-the-News
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May 2014
SPOTLIGHT ON! Shellée Haynesworth, Executive Producer/Creator of Black Broadway on U: Transmedia Project discusses the cultural influence of this historic African American "city within a city".
Producers Guild of America – PGA on the Hill News (April Issue)
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Apr 2014
Jazz Notes – BlogTalkRadio Feature
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Shellée Haynesworth, Emmy Award winning producer, writer, director, and storyteller, discusses her documentary “Black Broadway on U Street”, and the jazz musicians and vocalist who performed there. Learn about Washington, D.C.’s “Black Broadway on U Street” and its impact on the cultural development in Washington, D.C. In addition, we…
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Mar 2014
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
By blkbroadwayonu in Performers
International Sweethearts of Rhythm – band/ensemble was the first racially integrated women’s band and it lasted for over a decade, playing to primarily black audiences in theaters and ballrooms across the country. At the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C., the band set a new box office record of 35,000…
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Feb 2014
Remembering U Street
By blkbroadwayonu in Venues
This photo essay, mounted on a construction fence at 13th and U Streets, chronicles the history of the area, describing the celebrities who were fond of the corridor’s nightlife and performance venues, and the resident scholars, educators, politicians, and activists who contributed to the neighborhood’s illustrious past. The exhibit,…
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Feb 2014
African American Civil War Memorial
By blkbroadwayonu in Venues
A memorial to the black soldiers who fought in the Civil War was officially dedicated and opened in 1999 at10th and U Streets, in the heart of the Shaw neighborhood (named after Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the white commander of the black 54th Massachusetts Regiment). The monument is the…
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Feb 2014
Ellington Mural: On U Street’s True Reformer
By blkbroadwayonu in Featured,Performers
G. Byron Peck created this tribute to Shaw’s most widely known resident. The 24 by 32 foot rendering of Duke Ellington watches over the community, directly above the U Street/Cardoza metro stop at 13th and U Streets, welcoming all to experience the rich history of the neighborhood. The painting…