Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jones was the first Black Rockette to dance in the 1988 Super Bowl XXII halftime show in San Diego. The trailblazing story of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Jones. (Photo credit: Jennifer Jones Instagram) The first-ever Black Rockette, Jennifer Jones, opens up about how she got ...

Jennifer was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is an award-winning performer recognized worldwide for her groundbreaking accomplishments and equal rights advocacy in the arts. She’s part of an exclusive ...

She joined the kickline and broke the color barrier. In 1988, 19-year-old Jennifer Jones became the first black Rockette when she danced with the iconic group for the Super Bowl halftime show. “It was ...

Former Radio City Rockette Jennifer Jones, releases memoir on being the 1st Black dancer in 62 years. *“I wondered who that was,” said dancer Jennifer Jones. “I was watching the news…they said Radio ...

When you see the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes on your TV screens kicking their way through the holiday season, spare a thought for Jennifer Jones—the first African American Rockette, who broke the ...

The trailblazing story of the first Black Rockette is coming to life in a children’s book. According to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News, Jennifer Jones hopes her trailblazing story, “On the Line ...