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Muhammad Ali and a girl...
1970-1976
Title
Muhammad Ali and a girl with a baseball glove
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Muhammad Ali with a girl holding a baseball glove surrounded by a group of children in the background
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Athletes, Boxers (Sports), Celebrities, Crowds, Documentary photography, Students]
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Play: "" Man's best fri...
1970-1976
Title
Play: "" Man's best friend""
Description
Scene from the play ""Man's best friend"; Man staring at the floor with two women on either side of him.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Play: "" Man's best fri...
1970-1976
Title
Play: "" Man's best friend""
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Scene from the play ""Man's best friend"; Man staring at the floor with two women on either side of him.
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Compton Multi-Purpose C...
1970-1976
Title
Compton Multi-Purpose Center
Description
Compton Multi-Purpose Center building with a fence to the right and a hamburger stand and parking lot on the left; two boys playing in the parking lot
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Community centers, Documentary photography]
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Compton Multi-Purpose C...
1970-1976
Title
Compton Multi-Purpose Center
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Compton Multi-Purpose Center building with a fence to the right and a hamburger stand and parking lot on the left; two boys playing in the parking lot
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Community centers, Documentary photography]
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Play: ""5 on the Black ...
1970-1976
Title
Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" curtain call
Description
Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" curtain call with cast applauding one man, possibly the playwright: Charles L. Russell
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Theater]
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Play: ""5 on the Black ...
1970-1976
Title
Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" curtain call
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" curtain call with cast applauding one man, possibly the playwright: Charles L. Russell
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Theater]
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Play: ""5 on the Black ...
1970-1976
Title
Play: ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" two men shaking hands
Description
Two men shaking hands on stage with cast of ""5 on the Black Hand Side"" in the background; one man possibly the playwright Charles L. Russell
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Theater]
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CAA orchestra on a roun...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a round stage - side view
Description
Side view of the CAA orchestra performing on a round stage underneath a circle of stage lights; Troy Robinson conducting
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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CAA orchestra on a roun...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a round stage - side view
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Side view of the CAA orchestra performing on a round stage underneath a circle of stage lights; Troy Robinson conducting
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Troy Robinson and Redd ...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson and Redd Foxx
Description
Troy Robinson (standing) and Redd Foxx (sitting)
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Actors, Actors, Black, Celebrities, Conductors (Music), Documentary photography]
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Troy Robinson and Redd ...
1970-1976
Title
Troy Robinson and Redd Foxx
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Troy Robinson (standing) and Redd Foxx (sitting)
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Actors, Actors, Black, Celebrities, Conductors (Music), Documentary photography]
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CAA orchestra on a roun...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a round stage - front view
Description
CCA orchestra on a round stage; conductor, Troy Robinson seen from the back; saxophone player in front at the mic
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
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CAA orchestra on a roun...
1970-1976
Title
CAA orchestra on a round stage - front view
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. CCA orchestra on a round stage; conductor, Troy Robinson seen from the back; saxophone player in front at the mic
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American conductors (Music), Bands (Music), Conductors (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Saxophone, Stage photography]
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Paintings on display
1970-1976
Title
Paintings on display
Description
People looking at paintings displayed on easels
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Painting, American]
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Paintings on display
1970-1976
Title
Paintings on display
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. People looking at paintings displayed on easels
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Painting, American]
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Woman looks at painting...
1970-1976
Title
Woman looks at paintings on display
Description
Woman looking at paintings displayed on tables
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Painting, American]
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Woman looks at painting...
1970-1976
Title
Woman looks at paintings on display
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Woman looking at paintings displayed on tables
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Art, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Painting, American]
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Painter checking the na...
1970-1976
Title
Painter checking the name painted on a glass door
Description
Unknown painter holding a paintbrush under the word ""Gallery"" painted on a glass door, from the inside
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, Artists, Documentary photography, Doorframes]
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Painter checking the na...
1970-1976
Title
Painter checking the name painted on a glass door
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Unknown painter holding a paintbrush under the word ""Gallery"" painted on a glass door, from the inside
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, Artists, Documentary photography, Doorframes]
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Artist painting a mural...
1970-1976
Title
Artist painting a mural on a wall
Description
Unknown artist in a hat painting a mural on a high wall standing on a platform
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American mural painting and decoration, Art, Artists, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Artist painting a mural...
1970-1976
Title
Artist painting a mural on a wall
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Unknown artist in a hat painting a mural on a high wall standing on a platform
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, African American mural painting and decoration, Art, Artists, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Sign painter works on a...
1970-1976
Title
Sign painter works on a glass door
Description
Sign painter working on the glass door of the Compton Communicative Art Gallery from the outside while another man looks on from the inside
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, Artists, Documentary photography, Doorframes]
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Sign painter works on a...
1970-1976
Title
Sign painter works on a glass door
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Sign painter working on the glass door of the Compton Communicative Art Gallery from the outside while another man looks on from the inside
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American artists, Artists, Documentary photography, Doorframes]
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Fashion show with young...
1970-1976
Title
Fashion show with young girls in white dresses
Description
Four young girls in white dresses on a stage in a fashion show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; audience is on the right; two photographers (one standing with the audience and one in the back left corner; mural on rear wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Audiences, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Modeling, Models (Persons), Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Fashion show with young...
1970-1976
Title
Fashion show with young girls in white dresses
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Four young girls in white dresses on a stage in a fashion show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; audience is on the right; two photographers (one standing with the audience and one in the back left corner; mural on rear wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Audiences, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Modeling, Models (Persons), Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Piano player and other ...
1970-1976
Title
Piano player and other musicians
Description
Piano player and six other musicians on a decorative stage with art panels on the wall; other instruments include saxophones and a stand-up bass
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Piano player and other ...
1970-1976
Title
Piano player and other musicians
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Piano player and six other musicians on a decorative stage with art panels on the wall; other instruments include saxophones and a stand-up bass
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Bands (Music), Documentary photography, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Men and a woman at moto...
1970-1976
Title
Men and a woman at motorcycle show
Description
A group of men and a woman looking at motorcycles at the motorcycle show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; a truck from a custom cycle shop is in the background and murals are on the back wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Motorcycles, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Men and a woman at moto...
1970-1976
Title
Men and a woman at motorcycle show
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A group of men and a woman looking at motorcycles at the motorcycle show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; a truck from a custom cycle shop is in the background and murals are on the back wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Motorcycles, Mural painting and decoration, American]
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Motorcycles on display ...
1970-1976
Title
Motorcycles on display at a motorcycle show
Description
Motorcycles at the motorcycle show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; three men standing on the right are looking at the cycles and three men are sitting in the back; Truck in the back right corner with "If It's Custom...It Got to be Cates" on the side; mural on the back wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Motorcycles]
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Motorcycles on display ...
1970-1976
Title
Motorcycles on display at a motorcycle show
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Motorcycles at the motorcycle show at the Arena: 119 East Magnolia Street; three men standing on the right are looking at the cycles and three men are sitting in the back; Truck in the back right corner with "If It's Custom...It Got to be Cates" on the side; mural on the back wall
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Documentary photography, Exhibitions, Motorcycles]
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Performance: two men an...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: two men and a woman in a scene with the word "America" on the backdrop
Description
A woman is standing looking down at two men, one kneeling to help an older man; the word "America" is prominent on the backdrop
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance: two men an...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: two men and a woman in a scene with the word "America" on the backdrop
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A woman is standing looking down at two men, one kneeling to help an older man; the word "America" is prominent on the backdrop
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance: a man and ...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: a man and a woman confront each other
Description
A man and a woman in a scene where they confront each other; the word "America" is prominent on the backdrop
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Performance: a man and ...
1970-1976
Title
Performance: a man and a woman confront each other
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A man and a woman in a scene where they confront each other; the word "America" is prominent on the backdrop
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Small combo performs in...
1970-1976
Title
Small combo performs in front of a large mural
Description
A small combo performs in front of a large mural depicting human figures; the band instruments include drums, a guitar, a saxophone, a trumpet and a trombone
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Small combo performs in...
1970-1976
Title
Small combo performs in front of a large mural
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A small combo performs in front of a large mural depicting human figures; the band instruments include drums, a guitar, a saxophone, a trumpet and a trombone
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American mural painting and decoration, Bands (Music), Black Arts movement, Documentary photography, Mural painting and decoration, American, Music--Performance, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Group arts & craft clas...
1970-1976
Title
Group arts & craft class
Description
A group of men and women surround a table of arts and craft supplies while an instructor demonstrates something
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Art centers, Art students, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Educators]
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Group arts & craft clas...
1970-1976
Title
Group arts & craft class
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A group of men and women surround a table of arts and craft supplies while an instructor demonstrates something
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Art centers, Art students, Community education--United States, Documentary photography, Educators]
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Horace Tapscott standin...
1970-1976
Title
Horace Tapscott standing with his back to a stage
Description
Horace Tapscott wearing a long robe and a necklace standing with his back to a small stage where four people sit facing front and a flute player sits partially hidden by a large drum
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Celebrities, Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Public speaking, Stage photography]
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Horace Tapscott standin...
1970-1976
Title
Horace Tapscott standing with his back to a stage
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Horace Tapscott wearing a long robe and a necklace standing with his back to a small stage where four people sit facing front and a flute player sits partially hidden by a large drum
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Celebrities, Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Public speaking, Stage photography]
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Horace Tapscott looking...
1970-1976
Title
Horace Tapscott looking down at a man and a woman
Description
Horace Tapscott wearing a long robe and a necklace stands to the right and slightly above a man and woman who are wearing turbans and looking at each
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Celebrities, Clothing, Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Horace Tapscott looking...
1970-1976
Title
Horace Tapscott looking down at a man and a woman
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Horace Tapscott wearing a long robe and a necklace stands to the right and slightly above a man and woman who are wearing turbans and looking at each
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Celebrities, Clothing, Documentary photography, Musicians, Musicians, Black, Stage photography]
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Figure in a checkered l...
1970-1976
Title
Figure in a checkered long robe standing next to three women
Description
A figure in a long checkered robe is seen from the back next to three women in traditional dress; two women sit on chairs while the third woman wearing a turban and traditional jewelry kneels in front
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Clothing, Documentary photography]
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Figure in a checkered l...
1970-1976
Title
Figure in a checkered long robe standing next to three women
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. A figure in a long checkered robe is seen from the back next to three women in traditional dress; two women sit on chairs while the third woman wearing a turban and traditional jewelry kneels in front
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Clothing, Documentary photography]
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Brother Wali and unknow...
1970-1976
Title
Brother Wali and unknown women
Description
Brother Wali teaching a woman while they both sit on the floor with a notebook and several books; Brother Wali is aka Karim, Wali Jalalu'Din and Wendell D. Kincey
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Documentary photography, Educators]
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Brother Wali and unknow...
1970-1976
Title
Brother Wali and unknown women
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Brother Wali teaching a woman while they both sit on the floor with a notebook and several books; Brother Wali is aka Karim, Wali Jalalu'Din and Wendell D. Kincey
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[African American educators, Documentary photography, Educators]
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Singers and actors of t...
1970-1976
Title
Singers and actors of the Paul Robeson Players
Description
Members of the Paul Robeson Players: a man and a woman sing together in the center foreground while two men dressed as a barber and his client stand to the left in the background; a man in a vest and tie stands to the right in the background while another actor sits partially hidden in front of him
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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Singers and actors of t...
1970-1976
Title
Singers and actors of the Paul Robeson Players
Description
Note: Color-corrected version of original. Members of the Paul Robeson Players: a man and a woman sing together in the center foreground while two men dressed as a barber and his client stand to the left in the background; a man in a vest and tie stands to the right in the background while another actor sits partially hidden in front of him
Date
1970-1976
Subject
[Actors, Actors, Black, Black Arts movement, Black theater, Documentary photography, Stage photography, Theater]
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