1984-1987: The Heyday of the Cultural Arts Program

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Stephanie Powell Modern Dance Class, 1985. Robert Breck Chapman Photographs.

March 1984: CAP sponsors an exhibit, “Three Generations of African American Quit Makers” by the Scott-Caldwell Family of Baltimore.

July 1984: Photographer Kay Shelton curates an exhibit including his famous image, “Strange Fruit Emmitt Till.”

September 1985: Baltimore native and world famous jazz trumpeter, John Lampkin, gives one of his many performances at the Eubie Blake Cultural Arts Center.

October 1985: Donald Washington choreographs the musical, “West-Side Story,” as a joint CAP/Coppin State University production. Washington went on to work for the Alvin Alley American Dance Theater.

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Drama workshop at the Dunbar Performing Arts Center, circa 1970. Robert Breck Chapman Photographs.

March 1986: Ella Fitzgerald performs at a CAP fundraiser event.

December 1986: “A Streetcar Named Desire”is performed with leading roles by Charles Croxton and Lynn Shipley at CAP’s Dunbar Performing Arts Center.