CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 1 Jul 2015, Misty Copeland becomes the first Black woman to be a ...

#OnThisDay, 1 Jul 2015, Misty Copeland becomes the first Black woman to be a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

Here's an article on the implicit - and sometimes explicit - racism in ballet which helps explain why Copeland's success is ground-breaking: https://buff.ly/3sVpik9