Latham, Jacqueline Quinn Moore2016-03-232016-03-231973-08-31http://hdl.handle.net/11274/7752en-USAfrican American dancersAmerican danceDance as folk artDance as fine artA biographical study of the lives and contributions of two selected contemporary black male dance artists--Arthur Mitchell and Alvin Ailey--in the idioms of ballet and modern dance, respectivelyDissertation