The Field Foundation, in partnership with the John D. andCatherine T. MacArthur Foundation, announced the 2022 Leaders for a New Chicago cohort. The 10 leaders exemplify the power of creativity, focus and sheer determination in serving the communities and spaces they occupy across Chicago.
Reginald "Reggio the Hoofer" McLaughlin grew up on Chicago’s south side, where he began his career dancing in the streets and subways. He learned to tap dance using homemade shoes and went on to receive training from prominent dancers Jimmy Payne, Sr. and Ernest "Brownie" Brown. Reggio has taught at the old town school of folk music, where he produces a tap version of The Nutcracker, called The Nut Tapper. He also worked with ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson and the Carolina Chocolate Drops for Keep a Song in Your Soul: the Black Roots of Vaudeville. Here's Reggio.
Cicely Tyson, the Iconic and Legendary Black Woman of Hollywood
By Saybin Roberson Contributing Writer
Published February 4, 2021
Honoree Cicely Tyson arrives at the Essence Third Annual “Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon” in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
The world was taken for a surprise Thursday, January 28 when the news broke that legendary actress Cicely Tyson had passed away at the age of 96. The pioneering Hollywood actress left a legacy of grace, beauty, and immeasurable talent after starring in television shows and films for over 60 years.
Cicely Tyson arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88. (AP Photo)