Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Marion Cuyjet born July 29, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a pioneer in dance education in Black Philadelphia.Cuyjet's formal dance training began with Essie Marie Dorsey in the 1930s who is responsible for initiating formal classical ballet training to Black Philadelphia. In the pre-Civil Rights era, African American students of dance were not allowed to join classical ballet classes in Philadelphia because of the color of their skin.. }
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- Marion_Cuyjet comment "Marion Cuyjet born July 29, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a pioneer in dance education in Black Philadelphia.Cuyjet's formal dance training began with Essie Marie Dorsey in the 1930s who is responsible for initiating formal classical ballet training to Black Philadelphia. In the pre-Civil Rights era, African American students of dance were not allowed to join classical ballet classes in Philadelphia because of the color of their skin.".