Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, died in 2018

December 17

On December 17, 2018, ballerina Anne Raven Wilkinson died. 

Anne Raven Wilkinson was the first African American woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company. She performed with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City

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