Payne shares a firsthand account of the circus from a Black perspective in her new memoir entitled Elbows in My Ears: My Life with Little People

With the announcement from Feld Entertainment of the return of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in 2022, pioneer African American clown Danise Payne speaks out. From an Air Force family whose patriarch was an original Tuskegee Airman to a champion of achievement herself, Payne defeats obstacles and instills pride in Black youth. […]