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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 in the performing arts
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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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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
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Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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Portrait collection
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Fredi Washington photograph collection
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The Malcolm X collection: photographs
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Negro
Actors
Guild gathering, which includes
Movie posters advertising "Th…
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Negro
Actors
Guild of America photograph
Actors
Sidney Poitier (far right), Frank
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African American
actors
Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
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African American
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Hattie McDaniel
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African American motion picture
actors
Portrait of Paul Robeson
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African American
actors
… unidentified
actors
in a scene
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… unidentified
actors
in a scene
Paul Robeson at a podium, del…
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African American
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Paul Robeson at the immigrati…
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African American
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m
Paul Robeson addressing the a…
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Actor
and activist Paul Robeson addressing
Ira Aldridge, 1853.
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African American
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… unidentified
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Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
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African American
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Candid shot of
actors
Flournoy E. Miller
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African American
actors
In Black for a Friend
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Actors
In Black for A Friend
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Actors
Evelyn Preer in a scene from …
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African American motion picture
actors
Josephine Baker
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African American motion picture
actors
Josephine Baker
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African American motion picture
actors
Postcard of Kathlyn Jones, we…
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African American
actors
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
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African American motion picture
actors
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
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African American motion picture
actors
Josephine Baker
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African American motion picture
actors
J'ai deux amours...Josephine …
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African American motion picture
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Paul Robeson joining members …
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African American
actors
Bert Williams
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African American
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Postcard of William Bander, i…
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African American
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Richard B. Harrison
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African American
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Three-quarter length portrait…
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Portrait of Ira Aldridge
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Actors
, Black
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Fredi Washington Bell and Hug…
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African American
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Josephine Baker
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African American motion picture
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Actor
Jim Kelly in a barbershop
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African American
actors
Ira Aldridge as King Lear
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African American
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Portrait of Fredi Washington …
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African American
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Ira Aldridge; Member of the o…
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African American
actors
"The schemers".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The secret sorrow".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The secret sorrow".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The secret sorrow".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The secret sorrow".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The sport of the gods".
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African American motion picture
actors
Spitfire".
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African American motion picture
actors
Spitfire".
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African American motion picture
actors
Portrait of actress Fredi Was…
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African American motion picture
actors
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Fredi Washington, far right, …
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African American
actors
"The burden of race".
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African American motion picture
actors
Easy money".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The jazz hounds".
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African American motion picture
actors
"The jazz hounds".
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African American motion picture
actors