In above photo: Winston-Salem native Jackee Harry discusses “Black Stars of the Great White Way”. This is Harry’s first time attending the National Black Theatre Festival. (Photo by Tevin Stinson)
In above photo: Dana Suggs, owner of Body and Soul helps a customer. (Photo by Todd Luck) With more than 60,000 attendees expected at the National Black Theatre Festival this
In above photo: Inside the National Black Theatre Festival Hall of Fame and Museum is an exhibit dedicated to the late Larry Leon Hamlin, who started the National Black Theatre
In above photo: Vanessa Bell Calloway on stage as Zora Neale Hurston (Photo courtesy of OPAS) By Nikki Baldwin For the Chronicle The National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) begins