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520 a| Choreographer and dancer Ruth Beckford was born on December 7, 1925 in Oakland, California. She began dancing at age three. In 1943, Beckford toured with the legendary Katherine Dunham; and, in 1947, she founded the first recreational modern dance department in the United States at the Oakland Department of Parks and Recreation. Beckford opened the Ruth Beckford African-Haitian Dance Company in 1953. She closed her dance studio in 1975, but continues to perform. She co-wrote, produced and starred in 'Tis the Morning of My Life, an off-Broadway success. She played major television and film roles, appearing in Angels in the Outfield, The Principal and Midnight Caller. She counseled homeless people at the Berkeley office of the Department of Social Services between 1990 and 1997, then became a life skills counselor at the Oakland Private Industry Council. She wrote several books, including Still Groovin': Affirmations for Women in the Second Half of Life.;

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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ruth Beckford.

Format	Video (Streaming)
Publication	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description	1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 8 min.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Content	https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.031
Subjects	Beckford, Ruth--Interviews. African Americans--Interviews.

Other author/creator	Beckford, Ruth, interviewee.
Other author/creator	Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creator	Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creator	HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title	History Makers video oral history with Ruth Beckford
Portion of title	Ruth Beckford
Abstract	Choreographer and dancer Ruth Beckford was born on December 7, 1925 in Oakland, California. She began dancing at age three. In 1943, Beckford toured with the legendary Katherine Dunham; and, in 1947, she founded the first recreational modern dance department in the United States at the Oakland Department of Parks and Recreation. Beckford opened the Ruth Beckford African-Haitian Dance Company in 1953. She closed her dance studio in 1975, but continues to perform. She co-wrote, produced and starred in 'Tis the Morning of My Life, an off-Broadway success. She played major television and film roles, appearing in Angels in the Outfield, The Principal and Midnight Caller. She counseled homeless people at the Berkeley office of the Department of Social Services between 1990 and 1997, then became a life skills counselor at the Oakland Private Industry Council. She wrote several books, including Still Groovin': Affirmations for Women in the Second Half of Life.
Credits	Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer	Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event note	Recorded Oakland, California 2002 March 31.
Source of description	Vendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/form	Internet videos.
Genre/form	Interviews.
Genre/form	Nonfiction films.
Genre/form	Oral histories.
Genre/form	Oral histories.
Genre/form	Internet videos.
Genre/form	Nonfiction films.
Stock number	A2002.031 HistoryMakers

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