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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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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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Paul Robeson as Othello, Savo…
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African
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political activists
Actors
Sidney Poitier (far right), Frank
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Fredi Washington Bell and Hug…
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Portrait of Fredi Washington …
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Bert Williams
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Portrait of Paul Robeson
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Three-quarter length portrait…
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Fredi Washington, far right, …
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Ira Aldridge
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Ira Aldridge
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Ira Aldridge, 1853.
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African
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Postcard of Kathlyn Jones, we…
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African
Americans
The play of the month - Cheat…
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African
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Paul Robeson at a podium, del…
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American
Postcard of William Bander, i…
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African
Americans
Mr. Ira Aldridge as Mungo in …
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African
American
actors
Publicity portrait of enterta…
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American
actors
Ira Aldridge as "Othello"
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African
Americans
Ira Aldridge; Member of the o…
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African
Americans
Group portrait of singer Nat …
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Portrait of composers Clarenc…
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composers
Portrait of entertainers Bert…
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Fredi Washington, James Ligh…
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Paul Robeson at the immigrati…
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Paul Robeson addressing the a…
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Actor
and activist Paul Robeson addressing
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Richard B. Harrison
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Actor
Jim Kelly in a barbershop
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African
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Ira Aldridge as King Lear
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Studio portrait of Fredi Wash…
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Paul Robeson as Othello, and …
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Unidentified
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in a scene from the Federal
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Publicity photograph of Bert …
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Ossie Davis with Purlie Victo…
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Bert Williams in his rooster …
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Ray Yates, Al Watts, Carringt…
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Bert Williams and Leon Errol …
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Paul Robeson joining members …
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political activists
Candid shot of
actors
Flournoy E. Miller
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African
American
actors
Talented dramatic performers;…
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African
Americans
Group portrait of King Cole T…
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Actor
P. Jay Sidney, as Private Palmer
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Ray Yates, Georgette Harvey, …
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Negro
Actors
Guild gathering, which includes
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African
American
entertainers
Hattie McDaniel
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African
American
motion picture
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Josephine Baker
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African
American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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African
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entertainers
Josephine Baker
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J'ai deux amours...Josephine …
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Josephine Baker
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African
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entertainers
Nina Mae McKinney, chorus gir…
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actresses