A barrier-breaking African American ballerina has died. Lorraine Graves was best known for her two-decade tenure with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Standing at five-feet-ten inches tall, Graves said she was often told she was too tall to be a ballerina. The Virginia-native would go on to travel the world and dance in front of South African President Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and U.S. Presidents Clinton, Bush and Reagan
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