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African American singers
African American entertainers
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African American actors
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African American motion picture actors and actresses
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Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960
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Bricktop, 1894-1984
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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
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Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
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Portrait collection
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Ellabelle Davis photograph collection
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Stormé DeLarverié photographs
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Mabel Mercer photograph collection
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A. Jenkins
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A.D. Worthington
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Chas. K. Harris
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
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Schomburg Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
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Portait of Stormé DeLarverié
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Muriel Rahn in costume as Aida
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Caterina Jarboro in costume
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Stormé DeLarverié
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Leslie Uggams, age 12, singin…
Josephine Baker
Negro Actors Guild gathering,…
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Matthews, Edward - Four Saint…
J'ai deux amours...Josephine …
Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker
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Josephine Baker
Singer and bandleader Cab Cal…
Harry Belafonte lights a ciga…
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Ma Rainey's Jazz Band
Ada "Bricktop" Smith in Paris…
Ada "Bricktop" Smith with uni…
Entertainer and nightclub own…
Bessie Smith
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Cab Calloway and his Orchestr…
Billie Holiday with Louis Arm…
Black Patti (Sissieretta Jone…
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Paul Robeson, accompanied by …
Plantation slave singers; All…
The singer.
Wilberforce University Quarte…
Songs of Praise; Vested Choir…
Noble Sissle; Musician.
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Ada "Bricktop" Smith with Lou…