/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullCharles Augins Oral History04/03/2015Duration: 32 MinutesBorn digital (.wav file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2015.001.00500Audio oral history interview with Charles Augins. A noted dancer and choreographer, Augins is chair of the Dance Department at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington D.C. After experiencing high school desegregation in Virginia, Augins became a civil rights activist and participated in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Interview conducted by telephone on April 3, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.Oral Histories6527443785Oral historyAudio oral history interview with Charles Augins. A noted dancer and choreographer, Augins is chair of the Dance Department at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington D.C. After experiencing high school desegregation in Virginia, Augins became a civil rights activist and participated in the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Interview conducted by telephone on April 3, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-two minutes long.Oral historiesCivil rightsDesegregationVirginiaWashington, D.C.Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Charles Augins won the 1991 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer the Broadway production of Five Guys Named Moe. In addition to his work as an educator and choreographer, Augins has also appeared in several films, including Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Labyrinth (1986) and The Tall Guy (1989), and the science fiction television programs Blake's 7 (1981) and Red Dwarf (1988) -- Stephen Fagin, CuratorCharles Augins passed away on July 19, 2025. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger