To celebrate Black History Month, BroadwayWorld is spotlighting the lives and legacies of Black artists from every corner of the theatrical spectrum. In addition to her history-making turn in South ...

For those who did not know her and so we may never forget. Juanita (Esch) Hall was born in Winfield Kansas on July 2, 1935, to Frank and Beulah (Hankins) Esch. At the time of Juanita’s birth the ...

16 finalists are preparing for the annual Lafayette Education Foundation awards. The teachers were nominated by the community and on January 29th, one teacher will accept the award at a red ...

At 14, a fat, bright-eyed little Negro girl from Keyport, NJ. rolled into Manhattan with a high-school diploma in her hand, and an idea in her head that she would become a “high dramatic soprano.” But ...

Soon after she finished high school, Hall worked in the Lincoln settlement house in East Orange, New Jersey, teaching music to children during the day and to an adult chorus at night. In the early ...

Kentland - Juanita Hall, 97, of Kentland, passed away at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born October 4, 1924 in Kentland, IN to the late Alfred G.