Title: Trailblazer
Description: When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only grew deeper inside of her. No black ballerina had ever danced with a major touring troupe before. Raven would be the first.
Subjects: Ballerinas, Juvenile literature, African American dancers, Ballet dancers, Dancers, African americans, biography, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Ballet, Ballet, juvenile literature
Places: United States
People: Raven Wilkinson