deaths
May 21, 2006
Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (born 1909)
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Mary Dunham was an African American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance."