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African Americans in motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Subseries 4. Arts and Entertainment, 1929 - 1975

 Sub-Series — Box 3s2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

This series contains portraits and candid photographs of popular African-American entertainers. Photographs include entertainers such as Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Roberta Flack, Ben Vereen, Josephine Baker, Pearl Bailey, Eddie Anderson, Lena Horne, and Tamara Dobson. This series also contains several movie stills of Paramount Pictures' "The Soul of Nigger Charley."

Dates: 1929 - 1975