Seven years ago, a squat, powerful Negro girl named Pearl Primus, who had just graduated in biology from Manhattan’s Hunter College, was ringing doorbells in search of a laboratory job. She did not ...

One.From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca -- Two.A Life in Dance -- Three.African Transformations -- Four.Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI -- Five.Trinidad Communities -- Six.Return to Africa -- Seven.The ...

Charlene Scott of member station WFCR previews the new work of dance inspired by the late choreographer Pearl Primus. The artist learned the Bushache ceremony from the Bantu people of the former ...

A black and white photograph of Pearl Primus by Arthur Leipzig. Primus is in the center of the image with her upper body and head visible. Primus is facing slightly to the left with her eyes downcast.