A few facts about Alvin Ailey

1. Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey was a dancer and a choreographer. He was born in Roger, Texas by his 17 year old mother,
Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Alvin’s father had soon abandoned him and his mother when Alvin was only 6
months old. He had a fear of the opposite color of him. Really because they had did bad thing to his
mother. A few years later His mother moved Los Angeles to work to help out in the war that was going
on. Alvin soon joined his mother by train because he wanted to finish school . He soon joined the glee
club and wrote poetry. He did not become serious about dance until 1949.