Harold Thomas (Tommy) Duren, II born February 18, 1967 is a popular African American child entertainer and puppeteer from Washington, DC who developed a form of puppetry also known as Poppetry. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object — a Puppet — in real time to create the illusion of life Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Poppetry, which uses forms of dance, theatrics, and magic to tell stories that feature puppets and live actors often with an ethnic or urban twist. Most notably Duren's plays Illusions and Images were featured plays during the late 1980s and spawned an international tour that introduced his form of performance art to an international audience.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Social Issues 3 See also 4 External links

Early life

Tommy Duren was born to a socially prominent African American family in Washington, DC (the Douglas family). He is the only child of Jean Douglas Duren, a college professor and Harold Duren Sr. , a small business owner. Young Tommy spent many of his early years in various gifted child programs and first gained attention after a performance in his hometown for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which featured young poets, actors and dancers. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations His unique and standout performances gained the attention of members of then President Jimmy Carter's administration. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Subsequently, Tommy and his fellow performers were invited to the White House in 1978.

Later Tommy would be a regular guest on NBC's Emmy Award Winning children's television program Stuff, where he would develop further as a television personality. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Stuff is an aggregate or a group of Items or Matter. Stuff can mean just about anything In the years following Tommy would win the regional talent contest (The Metro Talent Search), sell out his own show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and produce an international tour that would eventually take him to Tokyo, Japan. The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. In 1988, Tommy announced the end of his short career to deal with personal family business.

Social Issues

In recent years Duren has focused primarily on social issues. He started the movement for the 1996 national boycott of The Eddie Bauer Corporation which resulted in a multi-million dollar legal suit. A boycott is a form of Consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using buying or dealing with someone or some other organization as an expression of In the early 2000s, his significant fundraising efforts led to the opening of The City Museum of Washington, DC. He also worked on the campaigns of John Kerry and Mark Shriver, nephew of President John F. Kennedy. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator Mark Kennedy Shriver (born on February 17, 1964 in Washington D John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of In 2000, Tommy ran a vigorous but unsuccessful campaign for a seat on the District of Columbia Board of Education.

See also

• Justin Blum, Washington Post Staff Writer, Monday, October 30, 2000

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"Race Becomes an Issue in Realigned School Districts"

• People Magazine July 1985

"Stars of The Summer Streets"

"King the of Capital's Puppet Regime"

• Ann H Oman, "The Talking Hands of Tommy Duren", The Washington Post, April 1980

External links

• DC Watch Election 2000 Home Page
• DC Watch 1998 Election
• Washington Post, 30 October 2000

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