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The St. Louis County Library’s Black History Celebration Presents Dancer and Author Jennifer Jones

 
Author of “Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette”
 

The Radio City Rockettes are as American as baseball, hot dogs, and the Fourth of July. Their legendary synchronized leg kicks and megawatt smiles have charmed audiences for a century. But when the Rockettes began in 1925, Black people were not allowed to dance on stage with white people. In 1987 the 63-year color barrier at Radio City was finally broken by one brave and tenacious woman. When she arrived, Jennifer Jones was met with pushback—a fierce resistance she details in this intimate and inspiring memoir. “Becoming Spectacular” is a triumphant celebration of a spirit who refused to be counted out.

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