Nia Towe, a member of the Hiplet Ballerinas which auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” last week, teaches a class on strengthening legs, ankles and feet to girls in Chicago on July 22, 2021.

Some of them had never touched a white person to shake hands," she recalls. Black Magic co-producer Earl Monroe, who was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, says the historic 1944 ...