NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet — .

Copeland will be feted in grand style as American Ballet Theatre devotes a gala evening to her retirement after 25 years with the company. Copeland joined ABT as a teenager and became, a decade ago, the first Black female principal dancer .

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