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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 Bell and Hug…
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Portrait of Fredi Washington …
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American
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Scene from the play "Harlem" …
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Fredi Washington, far right, …
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Nina Mae McKinney, chorus gir…
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Studio portrait of Vinnette …
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African
American
dramatists
Leslie Uggams in a publicity …
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Leslie Uggams, age 12, singin…
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Muriel Rahn in costume as Aida
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African
American
actresses
The play of the month - Cheat…
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African
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Signature, Interview with Pea…
abstract:
… interviews
African
American
actress
and singer Pearl
… (left) and
actress
Beah
topic:
African
American
women political
Miss Evelyn Ellis of the Lafa…
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African
Americans
Actress
Hilda Simms (right) meeting soprono
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African
American
women singers
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Juanita Hall, conducting the …
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Singer and
actress
Juanita Hall, with back
Lyricist Noble Sissle and cas…
topic:
African
American
composers
Studio portrait of
actress
and singer Etta
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African
American
singers
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Fredi Washington, James Ligh…
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American
actresses
Portrait of
actress
Hilda Simms
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African
American
actresses
Advertisement for morning rad…
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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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Juanita Hall, conducting the …
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actress
Juanita Hall, with back
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Studio portrait of Fredi Wash…
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Studio portrait of
actress
Fredi Washington
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Ossie Davis with Purlie Victo…
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American
actors
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Candid view of
actress
Dorothy Dandridge
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Candid view of
actress
Dorothy Dandridge
Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
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African
American
actors
Portrait of
actress
Gertrude Saunders from
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actresses
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Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
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Actress
Beatrice Robinson-Wayne as St
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American
actresses
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African
American
woman
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… and television
actress
Minnie
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African
American
actresses
Candid shot of actors Flourno…
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African
American
actors
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
note:
… for an outstanding Negro
American
Singer-
actress
Edith Wilson performing
topic:
African
American
women singers
Portrait of Virginia Girvin
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…
actress
of New York
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
note:
… for an outstanding Negro
American
Lena Horne,
African
American
actress
, singer
note:
… for an outstanding Negro
American
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Philip Sterling interviews No…
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…, an
African-American
singer, composer
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Philip Sterling interviews Ab…
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African-American
film, television
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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
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Philip Sterling interviews Le…
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… on the
African
American
Hattie McDaniel
topic:
African
American
Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
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African
American
political activists
Josephine Baker
topic:
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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Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
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African
American
political activists
Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers