It's not easy for any dancer. For Jennifer Jones, the first African American Rockette, it was harder. She tells her story in a talk at the Sarasota Art Museum.

Growing up in New Jersey, Jennifer Jones discovered her destiny at age nine. At her fourth grade recital, her teacher picked her to be one of the leads.

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 ...

The first-ever Black Rockette, Jennifer Jones, opens up about how she got the famous gig and what it was really ...

If Jennifer Jones had listened to the wrong people — people who stepped on her dreams, who tried to crush her spirit — she wouldn’t be where she is today. She would have given up on dancing when a ...

*On October 18, 2023, the Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show presented Jennifer Jones, The First African American RCMH Rockette with the prestigious 2023 Dance Role Model Award for her ...

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 ...

MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Performing at the Super Bowl is a thrill for most artists. For New Jersey native Jennifer Jones it was a dream come true, because she was dancing on the big stage in 1988 as the ...

Along with Jennifer Jones being the first Black Radio City Music Hall Rockette, she is also an author, dancer and cancer survivor. With beauty standards constantly changing over the years, she chooses ...

The first-ever Black Rockette, Jennifer Jones, opens up about how she got the famous gig and what it was really like. The 58-year-old New Jersey native never set out to make history, however. When she ...