Owen Vincent Dodson
(1914 - 1983) U.S.A.
African-American educator and writer
Drama director at Spellman 1938-1941. Instructor and director of drama at Atlanta University 1938-1942 and Hampton Institute 1941-1942. Chair of the Drama Department, Howard University 1960-69.
In 1949 Dodson led the Howard University Players on the first State Department-sponsored European tour by a black theatre company. It was the first European tour by any American college group. Their success was influential in the establishment of the federally funded cultural exchange program.
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