Ira Aldridge - Legacy and Honors

Legacy and Honors

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  • He received awards for his art from European heads of state and governments: the Prussian Gold Medal for Arts and Sciences from King Frederick William III, the Golden Cross of Leopold from the Czar of Russia, and the Maltese Cross from Berne, Switzerland.
  • Aldridge is the only African American to have a bronze plaque among the 33 actors honored at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Ira Aldridge on his 100 Greatest African Americans.
  • His life was the subject of a play, Red Velvet, by Lolita Chakrabarti and starring Adrian Lester, at the Tricycle Theatre in 2012.

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