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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | George Walker, Adah Overton Walker, and Bert Williams link arms and dance the cakewalk in the first Broadway musical to be written and performed by African... |
| Date: | 05 25 1931 |
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| Description: | Wan Wan San Chinese acrobats and Harris and Van, from the Orpheum Theatre, wearing straw hats, in front of Crescent Clothing Store, 27 N. Pinckney Street. ... |
| Date: | 10 27 1930 |
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| Description: | F&W Grand store window, located at 15 W. Main Street, displays 33 rpm records, jewelry, and advertising for Amos n' Andy in the film "Check and Double Chec... |
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| Description: | Portrait of James L. Farmer, Jr. sitting at his desk with a "End Segregation - CORE" poster behind him. James Leonard Farmer, Jr. was a civil rights activi... |
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| Description: | A student ringing the dinner bell at Highlander Folk School. |
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| Description: | A woman with a large projected image of a baby behind her. Possibly a film being screened at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 04 1968 |
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| Description: | Dance interpretation of "Down on Me," a spiritual, as part of the Soul Roots Festival, April 26-27. Silhouettes of dancers with their arms raised. |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr., during his appearance at the United Packinghouse Workers of American Wage-Policy Conference. With him are Russell Lasley (left), ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a man in a suit leaning on a metal-work railing in the neighborhood of the West Fiftieth Streets. |
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| Description: | The Honorable John D. Brown, Director of Public Celebrations for the City of Boston, presents Daisy Bates with a replica of the famed "Paul Revere Bowl" at... |
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| Description: | Publicity still of actress Hattie McDaniel, in head scarf and blouse. |
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| Description: | Porgy (Sidney Poitier) and Crown (Brock Peters) fight one another. Poitier leans out a window and grabs Peters around the neck and wrist. Peters is bendin... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of UW-Madison Professor Richard Davis playing the bass. |
| Date: | 03 22 1967 |
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| Description: | A boy is working on an art project. Caption reads: "Art projects are popular this month at St. Benedict's school, 1004 W. State St. The children have had n... |
| Date: | 01 19 1969 |
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| Description: | Several people are smiling and watching a woman playing a piano. Caption reads: "A HAPPY TUNE — Mrs. Earer Turner played spirituals and jazz for a group of... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A boy is looking at a person in the foreground, who is out of focus. Another object — possibly a microphone stand — is also in the foreground and out of fo... |
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| Description: | Professional portrait of Dudley Williams, who was a dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. |
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