Dick Campbell (producer)

Dick Campbell, born Cornelius Coleridge Campbell , was a key figure in black theater during the Harlem Renaissance. While a successful performer in his own right, Campbell is best known as a tireless advocate for black actors in general. As a theater producer and director, he helped launch the careers of several black theater artists, including Ossie Davis, Frederick ONeal, Loften Mitchell, Helen Martin, and Abram Hill.

Campbell was born Cornelius Coleridge Campbell on June 27, 1903, in Beaumont, Texas. Orphaned at the age of six, he was raised by his maternal grandmother, Pauline Snow. He worked as a janitor at his local high school, prior to attending Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas, the first historically black college established west of the Mississippi River.

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