Katherine Dunham Dancer, choreographer, social activist, author and anthropologist. She is an artist of multiple talents. She studied the dances, the cultures and the traditional rites of the African diaspora and founded the first African American modern dance troupe. As a result of her research she made a few films, including the remarkable Carnival of Rhythm, in 1941. She also appeared in movies such as Stormy Weather, Pardon my Sarong, Casbah and Star Spangled Rhythm. Furthermore she created