Jet Magazine, March 10, 2014, News/Census, p. 16.With appearances on Broadway and in race films during the 40s and 50s, the actress/singer was most known for her role in the film Sepia Cinderella. Guys...
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Jet Magazine, March 10, 2014, News/Census, p. 16.With appearances on Broadway and in race films during the 40s and 50s, the actress/singer was most known for her role in the film Sepia Cinderella. Guys...
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African-American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motio...
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Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African-American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motio...
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Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in c...
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Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in c...
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Richmond became one of the very first black singers to be featured regularly with a white band when she performed with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra in 1938. An enthusiastic vocalist who was excellent on bl...
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Richmond became one of the very first black singers to be featured regularly with a white band when she performed with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra in 1938. An enthusiastic vocalist who was excellent on bl...
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Herb Jeffries MP (1913 - 2014)
"The Bronze Buckaroo", "Umberto Alexander Valentino"
Herbert "Herb" Jeffries (born September 24, 1913) is an American jazz and popular singer and actor.
Born in Detroit, Michigan as Herbert Jeffrey, he is the son of Umberto Balentino,[2] a pianist ...
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Herb Jeffries MP (1913 - 2014)
"The Bronze Buckaroo", "Umberto Alexander Valentino"
Herbert "Herb" Jeffries (born September 24, 1913) is an American jazz and popular singer and actor.
Born in Detroit, Michigan as Herbert Jeffrey, he is the son of Umberto Balentino,[2] a pianist ...
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Mae Harris was one of the best actresses of the Black race in the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in some of the best all black cast independently produced movies in the 1930s and 1940s. An attractive wom...
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Mae Harris was one of the best actresses of the Black race in the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in some of the best all black cast independently produced movies in the 1930s and 1940s. An attractive wom...
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Mae Turner was one of the top femme fatales, vamps, and hussies of Black Cinema in the 1930s. She usually played the woman who was the ruin of a man. She was a fine actress who perfected the "woman you...
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Mae Turner was one of the top femme fatales, vamps, and hussies of Black Cinema in the 1930s. She usually played the woman who was the ruin of a man. She was a fine actress who perfected the "woman you...
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Nina Mae McKinney (June 13, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress. Dubbed "The Black Garbo",[1] she was one of the first African-American film stars and was one of the first African-Americans t...
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Nina Mae McKinney (June 13, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress. Dubbed "The Black Garbo",[1] she was one of the first African-American film stars and was one of the first African-Americans t...
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beauty Ida James was a sweet-honey voiced singer who's singing could rival the birds, she gained popularity in the 1940s for her beauty, high, bird-like voice, grace, and glamour. She was the definitio...
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beauty Ida James was a sweet-honey voiced singer who's singing could rival the birds, she gained popularity in the 1940s for her beauty, high, bird-like voice, grace, and glamour. She was the definitio...
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Jeni Le Gon MP
"Jeni Legon", "Jeni LeGon", "Jenny Le Gon"
Dancer, actress, and dance instructor Jeni LeGon was born Jennie Ligon on August 14, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. Later, in London, she learned that she was descended from General Henry Beauchamp Lygon, ...
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Jeni Le Gon MP
"Jeni Legon", "Jeni LeGon", "Jenny Le Gon"
Dancer, actress, and dance instructor Jeni LeGon was born Jennie Ligon on August 14, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. Later, in London, she learned that she was descended from General Henry Beauchamp Lygon, ...
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Dee (née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (19...
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Dee (née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist, perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (19...
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Eslanda ("Essie") Goode Robeson, (December 12, 1896 - December 13, 1965) the wife and business manager of Paul Robeson, was an American anthropologist, author, actor and activist.Eslanda Cardozo Goode ...
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Eslanda ("Essie") Goode Robeson, (December 12, 1896 - December 13, 1965) the wife and business manager of Paul Robeson, was an American anthropologist, author, actor and activist.Eslanda Cardozo Goode ...
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Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African-American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism i...
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Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an African-American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor who became noted for his political radicalism and activism i...
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One of the great American character actresses, Hattie McDaniel was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for her portrayal of the "mammy" figure in the film Gone with the Win...
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One of the great American character actresses, Hattie McDaniel was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for her portrayal of the "mammy" figure in the film Gone with the Win...
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Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater. Hor...
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Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater. Hor...
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Washington Powell, who gave up the nightclub and Broadway stage to marry Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and become a much-loved figure in uptown society, died on May 1. She would have turned 99 on May 23.The...
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Washington Powell, who gave up the nightclub and Broadway stage to marry Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and become a much-loved figure in uptown society, died on May 1. She would have turned 99 on May 23.The...
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Fredi Washington was an American stage and film actor, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African American descent. She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recogni...
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Fredi Washington was an American stage and film actor, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African American descent. She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recogni...
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