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African American entertainers

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

African American television scripts

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 90
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of scripts and a small number of photographs documenting television programs featuring African American actors, entertainers, and topics from the 1950s through the 1990s. While some material from an earlier period of television broadcasting is present, including Amos and Andy (1952), Buelah (1950-1953), and The Jack Benny Show...
Dates: circa 1950-1998
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > African American television scripts

Clippings file of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 89
Abstract: The Clippings File of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection includes pamphlets and clippings documenting the African American experience in the twentieth century. The collection especially highlights the achievements of individual African Americans, the work of community and education organizations, and areas such as film, theater, music, sports, politics, and civil rights. The clippings were collected primarily by Langston Hughes, James Weldon and Grace Nail Johnson, Ollie Jewel...
Dates: circa 1920-1993
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Clippings file of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

Vic Dickenson papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 319
Abstract:

The collection contains musical scores, correspondence, photographs, musical instruments, jewelry and accessories, personal and professional papers, printed material, audiotapes, and other papers by or relating to African American jazz trombonist Vic Dickenson and his family.

Dates: 1870-1992
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vic Dickenson papers

Redd Foxx scripts

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 242
Scope and Contents:

The collection include scripts used by Redd Foxx on the television show Sanford and Son from all six seasons of the show. Some of the scripts include Redd Foxx’s annotations. Also included are sheet music, some of which were used for Sanford and Son and other Redd Foxx performances. The dates listed for the scripts are the dates in which the scripts were created.

Dates: bulk circa 1953-1976
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Redd Foxx scripts