Lillian Evanti as Violetta and William Franklin as the elder Germont in act 2 of National Negro Opera Company production of La Traviata. About this image
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
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"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
Sound recordings of blues and gospel songs from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College. -
African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University
Music reflecting African-American culture and key social issues. -
Charles Mingus Collection
The papers of an important American jazz bassist and composer. -
Charlie Barnet Collection
Music library of the noted swing band leader and saxophonist. -
Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio
Music reflecting 19th-century middle-American culture. -
The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
An ethnographic field collection which includes nearly 700 sound recordings documenting a three-month trip through the southern United States. -
Katherine Dunham Collection
The Katherine Dunham Collection, the audio-visual archive of Miss Dunham's fieldwork, choreography, and performance. -
The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
Rediscovered plays by the noted African-American author and scholar.