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Ye Olde Colored Theater Presents "God's Step Children - Part 1"
Before Rhoda Penmark in "The Bad Seed" there was Naomi. Well here it is fans, Part 1 of this wonderful 1938 movie directed by Oscar Micheaux that has a combination of elements from the movies...
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Ye Olde Colored Theater presents "LYING LIPS" Oscar Micheux
nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison. Directed by Oscar Micheaux. BTW James Earl Jone's dad is in this....
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Ethel Moses
Actress and dancer Ethel Moses, who became a leading lady in silent and sound black films, was the daughter of well-known New York Baptist Minister W.H. Moses. She began her show business career as a...
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Some new looks at Billie Holiday
I guess if youve ever read my blog you know I have an unwavering love for all things Billie Holiday. That love goes back to the age of about twelve and though I dont listen to her as much she still...
View ArticleLe Revue De Colour Male Burlesque Review November 2009 ( rehersal and revue)
Le Revue De Colour Male Burlesque Review November 2009 ( rehersal and revue)
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Poor without a damn pot to even piss in!!!!!
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"...
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In The Closet...Interacial love children Part 1
Its amazing that people often only think of the closest as a place for gays or homosexuals but what about a few other closestul.s? Interacial love was so closeted at one time that a drop of negro blood...
View ArticleBernie Hanigan as sung by Carmen Mcrae- If the Moon turns Green
Bernard D. Hanighen (April 27, 1908, Omaha, Nebraska - October 19, 1976, New York, NY) was an American songwriter best known for co-writing "'Round Midnight" and "When a Woman Loves a Man". He also...
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Black Republicans Reconstruction era
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress
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Oh Hail The Queens
Black history month. I decided to just post pictures of the ladies in my life who I have either read about or listened to theirĀ music way after they had left the earth. Personally for me my earliest...
View ArticleObscure Artist Anna Robinson
Ive spent the better part of 5 years trying to find a picture of this woman. So far too no avail. She was just part of the 1930s jazz Harlem scene. How I found outĀ about her was researching Pianist...
View ArticleWritten yet unrecorded song by Billie Holiday
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Alone_(song)
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Remembering Actress Sheila Guyse July 14, 1925 - December 28, 2014
I first learned about Sheila Guyse maybe six years ago. A rainy day, hanging at home with my mother who was in her 80's at the time. I had bought her a laptop and my mother always the modern woman was...
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