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African Americans in the performing arts
Theatrical productions
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African American theater
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African Americans
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Performing arts
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United States. Works Progress Administration
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New Lafayette Theatre
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Eagle Ezzes & Mipaas
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Johnson, Helen A
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White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
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Federal Theatre Project - Theater Stills Collection
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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Asadata Dafora photograph collection
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Lawrence Brown photograph collection
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Edna Thomas collection
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New York (N.Y.)
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United States
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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New York (State)
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Photographs
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Publicity photographs
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Portrait photographs
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Group portraits
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Cooper & Aronson
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The Inter-state tattler
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
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Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Studio portrait of Fredi Wash…
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Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, come…
Mantan Moreland (left) and Pi…
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Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth
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Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth w…
Portrait of actress Fredi Was…
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Three women dancers from Asad…
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Abdul Assen as the Witch Doct…
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Portrait of pianist and compo…
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Portrait of Lawrence Brown
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Lewis White, William Franklin…
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Woman ironing, man talking
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Maurice Cooper as Nanki-Poo a…
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Scene from Is Zat So
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Rehearsal in Harlem
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Bar scene with women standing
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Bar scene
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Edward Fraction as the Mikado…
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Woman ironing
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Man with cane
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Man looking in window
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Men and women with baskets
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Praying
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Elena Karam and Rex Ingram i…
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Parker Watkins with raised sw…
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Orchestra
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Minto Cato sitting
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Parker Watkins and others
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Soldiers with swords raised
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Minto Cato and Parker Watkins
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Minto Cato
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Minto Cato as Azucena and Par…
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Parker Watkins as Manrico and…