Dancer, choreographer and scholar Pearl Primus. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1919, she did not begin dancing until she was a pre-med student in New York City, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Hunter College and a Ph.D in anthropology and sociology from New York University. Primus was known for weaving history and social commentary into her dances, especially “Strange Fruit” and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”  

Dancer, choreographer and scholar Pearl Primus. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1919, she did not begin dancing until she was a pre-med student in New York City, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Hunter College and a Ph.D in anthropology and sociology from New York University. Primus was known for weaving history and social commentary into her dances, especially “Strange Fruit” and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”  

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