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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Stephanie Hughley
Stephanie Hughley
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hughley, Stephanie, 1948- interviewee.
Pounds, Evelyn, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Evelyn Pounds, interviewer.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 February 13.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 February 15.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Nonprofit executive and theatrical producer Stephanie Smith Hughley was born on October 16, 1948 in Canton, Ohio. In 1966, she attended Kent State University and earned her B.S. degree in biology from Northeastern University. She moved to Boston in 1969 and entered the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. Hughley obtained her M.Ed. degree from Antioch College at Harvard University. In 1971, Hughley taught dance at Smith College and later at Northeastern, Brandeis and Harvard Universities. In 1976, she moved to New York City and studied dance at the Alvin Ailey School of Dance. She became general manager of the Negro Ensemble Company in 1982. Hughley managed and supervised the production of over twelve Broadway shows including, Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God and Ain't Misbehavin'. In 1987, Hughley co-founded and was executive producer of the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta until 1992. She returned in 1999.
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