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Title
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African American Theater Programs
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Description
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File contains seven theater programs that featured African American productions or performers. Includes: "Fantasy in Black and Gold, A Musical Revue", presented by Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Municipal Auditorium, May 21, 1936; "The Playgoer", a Shubert Theater publication, n.d., featuring Ethel Waters in "Rhapsody in Black"; "In Abraham's Bosom" presented by the Kansas City Drama League at Ivanhoe Temple, 1928; "Beau Brummel Minstrels" presented by the Beau Brummel Club, Ararat Temple, 1934 (contains numerous ads for African American businesses at the time); Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps presented by the Paseo Branch, YWCA, at the Centennial M.E. Church, n.d.; "Claudia" presented by the Negro Drama Group of New York at Music Hall, November 13, 1946; and "Othello" with Paul Robeson, presented by the Theatre Guild, Auditorium, ca1945.
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Date
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1930~/1949~
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Object Type
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Vertical File
