Honorable mention…June 6, 2004 Tony Awards

Anika Noni Rose

Theatre Graduate Florida A&M University 

 Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change

Phylicia Rashad

Theatre Graduate Howard University

Best Lead Actress in a Play, for a revival of A Raisin in the Sun

*First Black Actress to win this honor*

First time theatre graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) were awarded the Tony Award® during the same award ceremony….

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