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Harlem Friend, Lillian Leach Passes (video)

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Lillian Leach (center in photograph) sounds like the name of a fictitious character, maybe a femme fatale from a comic book or a relative of the Munsters. Continue reading

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Elizabeth Hubbard, Harlemite and Dancer Passes

Elizabeth Hubbard, a dancer, teacher and member of the M’finda Kalunga Garden, died on March 13, 2012 at her Lower East Side home. She was 76.

Elizabeth Ann Thompson was born in Harlem. She taught dance at Dance Theater of Harlem and was the dance mistress at Ballet Hispanico. She joined the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall — a pioneer woman of color in a predominantly white dance corps. Continue reading