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African American motion picture actors and actresses
74
African American actors
50
African American singers
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African American entertainers
29
African Americans
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Johnson, Helen A
60
Morton, Edna
22
Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-1943
17
Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
17
Heelan, William A
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
60
Portrait collection
29
American popular songs
18
Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection
10
Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings
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United States
18
New York (State)
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New York
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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Photographs
123
Portraits
32
Scores
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Essays
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Interviews
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Wm. C. Dunn & Co. ; Shapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer
11
Cleveland, O
2
A. Jenkins
1
Charles B. Ward Music Publishing Co
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Cyril V. Briggs
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
119
Music Division
18
Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
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Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Interview with Ndeye Gueye
note:
… funded
African
Dance
m
k
Leida Snow interviews Frances…
abstract:
…
African
-born
actor
and theatre
m
The Barry Gray Show, with Glo…
abstract:
… of the NAACP,
actor
Ossie Davis
m
Gloster B. Current, Ruby Dee,…
abstract:
… Malcolm X, with
actor
m
The Barry Gray Show with Jame…
abstract:
…,
actor
Ossie Davis
m
The Barry Gray Show, with Oss…
abstract:
… Show, featuring
actor
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Ed…
abstract:
… biography about the
African
American
entertainer Bert
m
k
Philip Sterling reads chapter…
abstract:
…) biography on the
African
American
entertainer, Bert
m
k
Saunders Reynolds song: compi…
abstract:
… performers about the
African
American
entertainer Bert
m
k
Philip Sterling reads chapter…
abstract:
… the
African
American
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews No…
abstract:
…, an
African-American
singer, composer
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews [C…
abstract:
… on the
African
American
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Le…
abstract:
… on the
African
American
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k
Philip Sterling reads chapter…
abstract:
… on the
African
American
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Ab…
abstract:
…
African-American
film, television
m
… by
actor
and activist Harry
abstract:
… by
actor
and activist Harry
m
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., …
abstract:
… Callender, with
actor
Sidney
Actor
P. Jay Sidney, as Private Palmer
topic:
African
American
actors
… for
actor
Leslie Scott
abstract:
… a cigarette for
actor
Leslie
Paul Robeson at the immigrati…
topic:
African
American
political activists
Paul Robeson at a podium, del…
note:
… York, on the
American
Actors
Sidney Poitier (far right), Frank
topic:
African
American
actors
Paul Robeson joining members …
topic:
African
American
political activists
m
Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
topic:
African
American
political activists
m
… and
actor
Todd Duncan
topic:
African
Americans
Negro
Actors
Guild gathering, which includes
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Group portrait of singer Nat …
topic:
African
American
singers
m
… Higginbotham with
actor
Marlon
abstract:
…. Higginbotham, with
actor
Marlon
m
Paul Robeson addressing the a…
abstract:
Actor
and activist Paul Robeson addressing
Group portrait of King Cole T…
topic:
African
American
singers
m
…“The Negro
Actors
Guild of America”…
topic:
African
Americans
m
…“
Actor
's Equity Association”…
topic:
African
Americans
m
“The Negro in Motion Pictures…
topic:
African
Americans
Eslanda Goode Robeson (standi…
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
m
Portrait of composers Clarenc…
topic:
African
American
composers
m
…“Negro
Actors
, Past and Present”…
topic:
African
Americans
m
“The Screen”
topic:
African
Americans
m
“Negro Film”
topic:
African
Americans
m
…“Brief History of the Colored
Actors
topic:
African
Americans
m
…“The Negro
Actors
Guild of America, Inc”…
topic:
African
Americans
m
“Motion Pictures of Negroes”
topic:
African
Americans
m
…“Brief Outline of Negro Movie
Actors
”…
topic:
African
Americans
m
Portrait of Ralph Cooper,
actor
, dancer
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Nina Mae McKinney, chorus gir…
topic:
African
American
actresses
m
Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
topic:
African
American
actors
m
Actor
Edward Matthews as St. Ignatius
topic:
African
Americans
in the performing arts
Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
topic:
African
American
actors
… unidentified
actors
in a scene
abstract:
… unidentified
actors
in a scene
Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
topic:
African
American
political activists
m
Richard B. Harrison
topic:
African
American
actors