Richard B. Harrison posted by Hugh Gaddy, BBB Club MemberMonday, March 22nd 2010 @ 12:00 AM (not yet rated)    post viewed 739 times

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Richard B. Harrsion

On March 22, Richard B. Harrison Was Awarded The NAACP's Spingarn Medal For "fine and reverent characterization of the Lord in Richard Connelly's play, 'The Green Pastures' [which] has made that play
the outstanding dramatic accomplishment in the year 1931."

The Citation Continues: "The Medal is given to Mr. Harrison not simply for his crowning accomplishment, but for the long years of his work as dramatic reader and entertainer, interpreting to the mass of colored people in church and school the finest specimens of English drama from Shakespeare down. It is fitting that in the sixty-seventh year of his life he should receive wide-spread acclaim for a role that typifies and completes his life work."

A Year Earlier, "The Green Pastures" Opened On Broadway (February 26), With Harrison Playing The Role Of "De Lawd"

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