"The Colored Grenadier," Sheet Music Cover. 1879. Boston, MA.
This sheet music cover lampoons black militias and military bands that paraded and marched throughout the country. Many of these...
Penumbra Theater Company
Penumbra Theatre Company opened with its first productions on this date in 1976. It was founded by artistic director Lou Bellamy to...
Playbill, Negro Theater, 1821
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African Company / African Grove Theatre
One of the first theater companies to approach the dramatic performing arts from an African American perspective was The African Grove...
Landmark Musical Comedy 'In Dahomey' - Broadways First Black Play
On February 18, 1903, In Dahomey opened, at the New York Theater. This was a landmark American musical comedy and was "the first...
"The Wicked Pickett": Wilson Pickett (1941-2006)
Wilson Pickett was born in Prattville, Alabama. Pickett grew up singing in church choirs. He once called his mother "the baddest woman in...
Actress Gail Fisher
I've been watching the third season of Mannix on DVD. I liked this show as a kid, I was especially fond of Mannix' secretary Peggy played...
Afro-Cuban Violinist, Composer and Professor José Silvestre White
Jose Silvestre White (1835-1918) was born in Matansas, Cuba. In 1854, White gave his first concert performing themes from Rossini’s...
Vintage Life Magazine Cover, The Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas, June 20, 1955
The Moulin Rouge Hotel was a hotel and casino located in the West Las Vegas neighborhood of Las Vegas, Nevada, that is listed on the...
"Cassius Cay" (Muhammad Ali). Photograph. May 26, 1963. New York
"Cassius Cay" (Muhammad Ali). Photograph. May 26, 1963. New York. American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) dress...
