Piper Dellums is an author and producer, and the daughter of United States

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 Ron Dellums

Ron Dellums

Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums served as Oakland's forty-fifth mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S...

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Her story about a white South African girl coming to live with her family in the 1970s titled "Simunye", Which is the Zulu word for "We Are One" was the basis for the Disney movie The Color of Friendship. The film won an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

. In The Color of Friendship, the role of Piper Dellums was played by Shadia Simmons

Shadia Simmons

Shadia Simmons is a Canadian actress.-Career:Her first movie was Moonlight and Valentino, where she played the part of "Jenny Morrow", the daughter of a character played by Whoopi Goldberg. She played in the Disney production A Saintly Switch and was cast in a number of Disney Channel Original...

. She is also the owner of the talent agency Essential Artists Group. She has two daughters named Sydney and Dylan.