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African American motion picture actors and actresses
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African American actresses
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African American actors
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African American singers
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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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Dudley, S. H
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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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Hilda Simms photograph collection
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Cyril V. Briggs
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New York Courier
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
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… and television
actress
Minnie
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African
American
actresses
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… mourners,
actress
Shelly
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… mourners,
actress
Shelly
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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
Leslie Uggams in a publicity …
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African
American
actresses
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Studio portrait of Vinnette …
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African
American
dramatists
Advertisement for morning rad…
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African
American
actresses
Actress
Rosalind Russell, with two students
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African
American
school children
Actress
Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono
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African
American
women singers
Paul Robeson at the immigrati…
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African
American
political activists
Paul Robeson at a podium, del…
note:
… York, on the
American
Actors Sidney Poitier (far ri…
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African
American
actors
Paul Robeson joining members …
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African
American
political activists
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African
American
woman
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… for an outstanding Negro
American
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
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… for an outstanding Negro
American
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
note:
… for an outstanding Negro
American
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
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… for an outstanding Negro
American
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Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
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African
American
political activists
Portrait of
actress
Hilda Simms
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African
American
actresses
… (left) and
actress
Beah
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African
American
women political
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Paul Robeson addressing the a…
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African
American
political activists
Eslanda Goode Robeson (standi…
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African
American
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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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Singer and
actress
Juanita Hall, with back
Nina Mae McKinney, chorus gir…
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African
American
actresses
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Juanita Hall, conducting the …
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Singer and
actress
Juanita Hall, with back
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Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
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African
American
actors
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Actress
Beatrice Robinson-Wayne as St
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African
American
actresses
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…,
actress
Bruce Howard as St. Teresa II and
actress
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African
Americans
in the performing arts
Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
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African
American
actors
Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
topic:
African
American
political activists
Portrait of
actress
Gertrude Saunders from
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African
American
actresses
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
J'ai deux amours...Josephine …
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African
American
entertainers
Singer-
actress
Edith Wilson performing
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African
American
women singers
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Portrait of Fredi Washington …
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African
American
actresses
Portrait of Paul Robeson
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African
American
political activists
Lyricist Noble Sissle and cas…
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African
American
composers
Candid shot of actors Flourno…
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African
American
actors
Evelyn Preer in a scene from …
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African
American
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
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African
American
Charles Lucas and Iris Hall i…
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African
American
The play of the month - Cheat…
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African
Americans
Miss Evelyn Ellis of the Lafa…
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African
Americans
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American
"The burden of race".
topic:
African
American