Archive for the ‘Richard Pryor’ Category
A Quiet Storm
Archive Entry Date: 05/08/2007
At her funeral service in the Carver Community Center, Whittaker's gift for nurturing talent was fondly recalled
Matt Clark Recalls Richard’s Early Love for Performance
Archive Entry Date: 12/18/2005
A portrait of the young Richard, courtesy of his childhood friend Matt Clark
Classmate Recalls Pryor’s School Days
Archive Entry Date: 5/10/1985
Margaret Kelch witnessed Richard's struggles at school
Deal With Teacher Gave Pryor First Audience
Archive Entry Date: 12/26/82
Sixth-grade teacher Mrs. Yingst offered a stage of sorts to the young Richard
If You Shoot For The Moon…
Archive Entry Date: 03/08/1981
An in-depth profile of the remarkable woman who first mentored Richard Pryor as an artist
Pryor Joins Family For Grandmother’s Funeral
Archive Entry Date: 01/04/1979
Jet's coverage of a central event in Richard Pryor's life — the loss of his “Mama”
Green Eaters Clamor For Grandma Bryant
Archive Entry Date: 07/20/1978
Marie won over the hearts — and stomachs — of Richard's LA circle
Richard Pryor Returns To Peoria Stage
Archive Entry Date: 03/09/1969
A benefit for the local Afro-American Black Peoples Federation brought Richard Pryor back to the Carver Center stage
Richard Visits His Mother Gertrude
Archive Entry Date: 1969
Richard raising the spirits of his ailing mother
R. Pryor Launched in Movies
Archive Entry Date: 9/9/1967
On the occasion of Richard's first film role, the Peoria Journal Star joined a conversation with his father
Divorce Decree
Archive Entry Date: 2/9/1967
The judge's settling of accounts between Richard and his first wife, Patricia
Richard Pryor vs. Patricia Pryor
Archive Entry Date: 3/4/1966
Richard Pryor's divorce complaint, filed against his first wife Patricia five years after their wedding
National TV Debut For Peoria Entertainer
Archive Entry Date: 08/31/1964
Juliette Whittaker encouraged Pryor to “move into every and any stage he could find.”
Grand Jury Recommended on Shotgunning
Archive Entry Date: 4/5/1962
A detailed account of the shotgunning of the Elks Club bouncer who saved Richard's life
Father of 5 Fatally Shotgunned At Elk’s Club
Archive Entry Date: 4/3/1962
A bouncer saved Richard's life but was himself killed by a disgruntled customer
Swinging Into Action
Archive Entry Date: 11/08/1957
Presenting the Silicons - a doowop group featured in a Carver Center talent show that Pryor may have emceed
She Lends Many Talents to Corn Stock
Archive Entry Date: 06/11/1957
A closer look at the Carver Center's resident playwright, director, stage manager, and set designer
Children’s Theater of Carver Center
Archive Entry Date: 3/15/55
A review of “Rumpelstiltskin,” Richard's first stage appearance.
Richard on a Sixth-Grade Field Trip
Archive Entry Date: 3/1/1954
The great comedian-to-be in Springfield, next to a statue of the Great Emancipator
Richard’s Partners on Stage: The Glow Girls
Archive Entry Date: c. 1951
The “Glow Girls” performed on a double bill with Richard on the gym steps at Blaine Sumner school in 1953.
Richard’s School Record
Archive Entry Date: 1945-1955
Richard struggled to find his way through Peoria's schools
Pursuit of Freedom
Archive Entry Date: 11/1949
The mural, a mix of uplift and militancy, that faced Richard onstage at the Carver Center
Gertrude Pryor v. LeRoy Pryor
Archive Entry Date: 1/1946
The divorce papers of Richard Pryor's parents
The Pryor Family at the Famous Door
Archive Entry Date: c. 1945
The Pryor family diversified its operations, becoming proud owners of a tavern in the mid-40s
Married: LeRoy Pryor and Gertrude Thomas
Archive Entry Date: 12/28/1943
Three years after he was born, World War II spurred Richard's parents to marry