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African American motion picture actors and actresses
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African American actresses
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African American singers
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African American actors
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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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Heelan, William A
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Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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American popular songs
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Fredi Washington photograph collection
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Wm. C. Dunn & Co. ; Shapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer
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M.V. Lynk Publishing House
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New York Courier
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Fredi Washington, James Ligh…
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American
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Fredi Washington Bell and Hug…
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African
American
actresses
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Gloster B. Current, Ruby Dee,…
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Gloster B. Current of the NAACP,
actress
Ruby Dee
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…, Malcolm X, and
actress
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… Malcolm X, with
actress
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Malcolm X, Ruby Dee and radio…
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Nation of Islam spokesman Malcolm X,
actress
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Muriel Rahn in costume as Aida
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African
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Portrait of Fredi Washington …
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Ossie Davis with Purlie Victo…
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Fredi Washington, far right, …
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American
actresses
Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
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African
American
actors
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Leslie Uggams, age 12, singin…
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African
American
actresses
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
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Studio portrait of Fredi Wash…
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Studio portrait of
actress
Fredi Washington
The play of the month - Cheat…
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African
Americans
Miss Evelyn Ellis of the Lafa…
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African
Americans
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Candid view of
actress
Dorothy Dandridge
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Candid view of
actress
Dorothy Dandridge
Portrait of Virginia Girvin
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actress
of New York
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Interview with Carmen de Lava…
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… Collins, the first
African
American
ballerina
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Interview with Billie Allen
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Veteran
actress
and director Billie Allen
Hattie McDaniel
topic:
African
American
Actors Sidney Poitier (far ri…
topic:
African
American
actors
Portrait of
actress
Fredi Washington
topic:
African
American
J'ai deux amours...Josephine …
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
topic:
African
American
entertainers
Studio portrait of
actress
and singer Etta
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African
American
singers
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Langston Hughes, seated at left,
actress
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…, seated at left,
actress
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Studio portrait of Vinnette …
topic:
African
American
dramatists
Mrs. May C. Heyers nee Reynolds.
Actress
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African
American
women
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Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
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Leida Snow interviews Frances…
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… interviews
American
actress
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Paul Robeson addressing the a…
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African
American
political activists
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Juanita Hall, conducting the …
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Singer and
actress
Juanita Hall, with back
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Juanita Hall, conducting the …
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actress
Juanita Hall, with back
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The March of Time: radio broa…
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African
American
explorers
Paul Robeson joining members …
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African
American
political activists
Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
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African
American
political activists
Paul Robeson at a podium, del…
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… York, on the
American
Paul Robeson at the immigrati…
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African
American
political activists
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Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
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African
American
political activists
Evelyn Preer in a scene from …
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African
American
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
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African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
"The burden of race".
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African
American