Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker
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Aldridge - The Talented Tenth
Aldridge was very much an abolitionist. He also gave a lot of money to abolitionist charities and causes, a like the negro state conventions. This gets the attention of the leaders of something called the new negro movement. And that's when dubois inducts him into something called the talented tenth. But let's also say this aldridge wasn't always a serious, sombre, no fun guy. He was a consummate showman.
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