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African American motion picture actors and actresses
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African American actors
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African American singers
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African American entertainers
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African Americans
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Johnson, Helen A
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Morton, Edna
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Chenault, Lawrence, 1877-1943
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Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
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Heelan, William A
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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Portrait collection
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American popular songs
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Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York Collection
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Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings
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United States
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New York (State)
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New York
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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Photographs
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Portraits
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Scores
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Essays
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Interviews
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Wm. C. Dunn & Co. ; Shapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer
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Cleveland, O
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A. Jenkins
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Charles B. Ward Music Publishing Co
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Cyril V. Briggs
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
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Music Division
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Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
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Portrait of Mrs. Frances Anne…
note:
… and mother of
actor
Leigh
Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
topic:
African
American
actors
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Le…
abstract:
… on the
African
American
Evelyn Preer in a scene from …
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
Eslanda Goode Robeson (standi…
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
… by white
actor
Walter Long
abstract:
… (played by white
actor
Negro
Actors
Guild gathering, which includes
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Group portrait of singer Nat …
topic:
African
American
singers
Ira Aldridge
topic:
African
American
actors
m
Ira Aldridge
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African
American
actors
Mr. Ira Aldridge as Mungo in …
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African
American
actors
m
Plantation scene. Folks all h…
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African
Americans
m
Jack and Abby.
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African
Americans
m
Man playing fiddle in front o…
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African
Americans
m
Ossie Davis with Purlie Victo…
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African
American
actors
m
Actor
Jim Kelly in a barbershop
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African
American
actors
m
… by
actor
and activist Harry
abstract:
… by
actor
and activist Harry
m
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., …
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… Callender, with
actor
Sidney
Actor
P. Jay Sidney, as Private Palmer
topic:
African
American
actors
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
m
Studio portrait of Fredi Wash…
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African
American
actresses
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Ab…
abstract:
…
African-American
film, television
m
Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
topic:
African
American
actors
Group portrait of King Cole T…
topic:
African
American
singers
m
Articles--Newspapers
note:
…: Pan-
African
Congress
m
The Barry Gray Show with Jame…
abstract:
…,
actor
Ossie Davis
m
The Barry Gray Show, with Oss…
abstract:
… Show, featuring
actor
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
Portrait of Ralph Cooper,
actor
, dancer
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Candid shot of
actors
Flournoy E. Miller
topic:
African
American
actors
Unidentified
actors
in a scene from the Federal
topic:
African
American
actors
m
Fredi Washington, far right, …
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African
American
actresses
m
k
Philip Sterling reads chapter…
abstract:
… on the
African
American
The play of the month - Cheat…
topic:
African
Americans
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
…, an organization for
African
American
theater
note:
….:
African
American
business
Ira Aldridge as King Lear
topic:
African
American
actors
m
Actor
Edward Matthews as St. Ignatius
topic:
African
Americans
in the performing arts
m
k
Philip Sterling interviews Ed…
abstract:
… biography about the
African
American
entertainer Bert
m
Portrait of Fredi Washington …
topic:
African
American
actresses
m
Jean Blackwell Hutson, Curato…
abstract:
…'s "Famous
American
Negroes
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors
"The call of his people".
topic:
African
American
motion picture
actors