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Film clip of Bessie Smith singing in St. Louis Blues

Directed by

Murphy, Dudley, American, 1897 - 1968

Produced by

Handy, W. C., American, 1873 - 1958

Subject of

Smith, Bessie, American, 1894 - 1937

Object details

Photographic print of a performance by Melvin Harris and the Blue Notes

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, American, founded 1954

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Photographic print of Sam Cooke and Betty Jo Spyropulos at Club Harlem

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Cooke, Sam, American, 1931 - 1964

Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986

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Photographic print of Ethel Waters in costume

Photograph by

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998

Subject of

Waters, Ethel, American, 1896 - 1977

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Photographic print of Cab Calloway

Photograph by

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998

Subject of

Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994

Milt Hinton, American, 1910 - 2000

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Photographic print of Eroll Garner and unknown woman at a piano

Photograph by

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998

Subject of

Garner, Erroll, American, 1923 - 1977

Unidentified Woman or Women

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Photographic print of Louis Armstrong and Ann Baker in a booth at Crawford Grill

Photograph by

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998

Subject of

Armstrong, Louis, American, 1901 - 1971

Baker, Ann, American, 1919 - 1999

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Printing plate of Leontyne Price

Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Price, Leontyne, American, born 1927

Used by

The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905

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On View

Making a Way Gallery

Printing plate of Marian Anderson

Photograph by

Unidentified

Used by

The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905

Subject of

Anderson, Marian, American, 1897 - 1993

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Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Directed by

Lathan, Stan, American, born 1945

Produced by

Chamba Productions, founded 1971

Created by

Collins, Kathleen, American, 1942 - 1988

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Film clip from Feather on Jazz: Jazz in the Concert Hall

Created by

Feather, Leonard, British American, 1914 - 1994

Subject of

Feather, Leonard, British American, 1914 - 1994

Ellington, Duke, American, 1899 - 1974

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Idalis Leon, NYC '93 (we liked each other...)

Photograph by

Powell, Ricky, American, 1961 - 2021

Subject of

DeLeón, Idalis, American, born 1969

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Pat Evans and Isaac Hayes

Photograph by

Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944

Subject of

Evans, Pat, American

Hayes, Isaac, American, 1942 - 2008

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Photographic print of Tenor Saw

Photograph by

Tippetts, Wayne, English, born 1959

Subject of

Tenor Saw, Jamaican, 1966 - 1988

Kangol, British, founded 1938

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Photograph of a woman singing into a microphone

Photograph by

Rossner, Harry

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Apollo Theater, American, founded 1934

Object details

Untitled

Photograph by

Williams, Milton, American, born 1940

Subject of

Wonder, Stevie, American, born 1950

Rev. Jackson, Jesse, American, born 1941

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Photograph of Foxy Brown and Lil Kim, NYC

Photograph by

Trakas, Maggie, American, born 1972

Subject of

Brown, Foxy, American, born 1978

Jones, Kimberly Denise, American, born 1975

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Mary Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Lena Home, DeeDee Warwick, radio DJ Detroit Benson, unknown backup singers, 1973

Photograph by

Jackson, Steve Jr., 1923 - 1999

Subject of

Wilson, Mary, American, 1944 - 2021

Warwick, Dionne, American, born 1940

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Recorded by

Hill, Lauryn, American, born 1975

Published by

Ruffhouse Records, American, founded 1989

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Songs in A Minor

Recorded by

Keys, Alicia, American, born 1981

Published by

RCA Records, founded 1901

Produced by

Davis, Clive, American, born 1932

Object details

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Film clip of Bessie Smith singing in St. Louis Blues

Photographic print of a performance by Melvin Harris and the Blue Notes

Photographic print of Sam Cooke and Betty Jo Spyropulos at Club Harlem

Photographic print of Ethel Waters in costume

Photographic print of Cab Calloway

Photographic print of Eroll Garner and unknown woman at a piano

Photographic print of Louis Armstrong and Ann Baker in a booth at Crawford Grill

Printing plate of Leontyne Price

Printing plate of Marian Anderson

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Film clip from Feather on Jazz: Jazz in the Concert Hall

Idalis Leon, NYC '93 (we liked each other...)

Pat Evans and Isaac Hayes

Photographic print of Tenor Saw

Photograph of a woman singing into a microphone

Untitled

Photograph of Foxy Brown and Lil Kim, NYC

Mary Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Lena Home, DeeDee Warwick, radio DJ Detroit Benson, unknown backup singers, 1973

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Songs in A Minor