Woodie King Jr.
*Woodie King Jr. was born on this date in 1937. He is a Black stage and screen director, producer, and administrator.
King was born in Baldwin Springs, Alabama. He graduated from high school in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, and worked at the Ford Motor Company there for three years. He then worked for the City of Detroit as a draftsman. In 1970, he founded the New Federal Theatre.
He earned a B.A. degree in Self-Determined Studies, with a focus on Theatre and Black Studies, at Lehman College in 1996, and an M.F.A. at Brooklyn College in 1999. Woody King Jr. has a lengthy list of credits in film, stage direction, and production.
