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African American entertainers
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African American singers
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African Americans in the performing arts
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Blackface entertainers
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African American actors
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Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
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Johnson, Helen A
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Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008
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Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
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Portrait collection
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings
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American popular songs
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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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Theatrical World Pub. Co
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Conciertos Westerman
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Austin Jenkins Co
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Howley, Haviland & Co
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M.V. Lynk Publishing House
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints 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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Black Herman's Easy pocket tr…
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Black Herman's secrets of mag…
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Signature, Interview with Pea…
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African
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Josephine Baker on stage dres…
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African
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women
entertainers
Alexander Rogers (left), Aida…
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Philip Sterling interviews Le…
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African
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entertainer
Bert Williams
George Craft
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American
entertainers
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entertainers
Luckey Roberts
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African
American
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Eartha Kitt teaching a dance …
Wounded
American
soldiers
entertaining
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American
soldiers
Josephine Baker with her husb…
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African-American
film, television
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fire fighters
Group portrait showing singer…
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American
entertainers
Mantan Moreland (left) and Pi…
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Stormé DeLarverié (center), s…
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American
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American
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Ada "Bricktop" Smith,
entertainer
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Stormé DeLarverié
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American
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Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, come…
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Portrait of Ralph Cooper, act…
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The Greatest Colored Aggregat…
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I'se come from Louisiana (Ala…
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musicians
Group portrait of vaudeville …
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Group portrait of vaudeville …
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Jewel Box Revue, starring Lyn…
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American
entertainers
Candid shot of actors Flourno…
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Machito and his sister Gracie…
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American
entertainers
Moms Mabley (right foreground…
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Female impersonator from the …
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C.W. Parker Amusement Company…
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Photomontage of performers Bi…
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African
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Famous drummers of yesteryear…
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Studio portrait of chorus gir…
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women
entertainers
Ernest Hogan, circa 1901.
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Fredi Washington, far right, …
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Philip Sterling reads chapter…
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Bert Williams
Josephine Baker and the two o…
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Dancer
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American
entertainers
…, an organization for
African
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African
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