VAN PEEBLES, MELVIN

VAN PEEBLES, MELVIN. Playwright/Producer/Composer (21 August 1932 in South Chicago, Illinois). Although best known as an actor and producer, he is included here as a singer and composer. He obtained his education in the public schools of Phoenix, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), and at West Virginia State College in Institute (1949-50) and Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, Ohio (B.A., 1953). After college he served in the United States Air Force for three-and-a-half years...