Veronica Claypool-Butler
From We Be Griots · 34:49
Show by Silver Hollow Audio
Veronica Claypool-Butler's remarkable journey has taken her from segregated Indianapolis to New York City, where she built a career in television, theater, and arts management. In this conversation with Esi Lewis, she reflects on working at CBS, touring with the Jackson 5 in Senegal, managing major theatrical productions around the world, and the friendships that shaped her life.Mrs. Claypool-Butler also shares how a chance invitation brought her to New Paltz, where she met her future husband, Jack Butler, and became connected to the legacy of Dr. Marjorie Butler, founder of SUNY New Paltz's Black Studies Department, one of the nation's earliest Black Studies programs. Along the way, she offers candid reflections on resilience, community, creativity, and finding home in unexpected places.
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