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A. B. Comathiere

A. Burns

A. U. Merayo

A. W. Hackel

Abbey LincolnIL1930

Abbey Lincoln

IL1930

Abbie Mitchell

Agnès Varda

Al Ligouri

Alan Alda

Albert Maysles

Albert Prejean

Alec Lovejoy

Alex Clarke

Alfonso Burney

Alfred E. Green

Alfred Hawkins

Alfred N. Sack

Alfred Newman

Alfred Norcom

Alfred Palca

Alice B. Russell

Alice Gale

Alice Greenwood

Allegretti Anderson

Allen and Allen

Alma Smith

Alva Fuller

Alvin Childress

Amanda Randolph

Andrew Bishop

Andrew L. Stone

Andrew Young

Angela Clarke

Anise Boyer

Anita Thompson

Ann Kennedy

Anthony Paul Kelly

Arnold Laven

Arnold Perl

Arthur "Dooley" WilsonTX1886

Arthur "Dooley" Wilson

TX1886

Arthur H. Nadel

Arthur Mann

Arthur McCoo

Arthur Ray

Arys Nissotti

Baby Ruth Kimbrough

Barbara Lee

Barbara McLean

Barbara O. Jones

Bart Rauw

Bayard Rustin

Beah Richard

Beatrice George

Bee Freeman

Bell Coles

Ben Ellison

Ben Gazzara

Ben Hendricks

Ben Lessy

Bernice Ladd

Bernie Casey

Bert Goldberg

Bert Williams

Bessie Baker

Bessie Mathews

Beula Hall

Bill BaileyVA1912

Bill Bailey

VA1912

Bill Brent

Bill Cade

Bill Spaulding

Bill Walker

Bill “Bojangles” RobinsonVA1878

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

VA1878

Billy Wayne

Bob Maxwell

Bob Roses

Bob Sawyer

Bobby Seale

Bobby Simmons

Boise De Legge

Booker T. Jones

Boris Kaufman

Boykin

Brock PetersNY1927

Brock Peters

NY1927

Bruce Adams

Buddy Adler

Burnett Guffey

Burt Lancaster

Burton Russel

Butterfly McQueenFL1911

Butterfly McQueen

FL1911

Cab CallowayNY1907

Cab Calloway

NY1907

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Calvin Lockhart

Camille Yarbrough

Canada LeeNY1907

Canada Lee

NY1907

Carl Lee (voice)

Carl Mahon

Carl Rocky Latimer

Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer

Carmen De Lavallade

Carter B. Harkness

Cassie Burch Slaughter

Cathryn Caviness

Celeste Cole

Charles Bertrand Lewis

Charles Cane

Charles Cioffi

Charles D. Lucas

Charles Graham

Charles Levine

Charles McGraw

Charles Moore

Charles S. Moore

Charles Welch

Charles “Bud” Lawton

Charlie Gaines

Charlton Heston

Cherokee Thornton

Chester A. Alexander

Christian Marin

Christopher St. John

Claire Leyba

Clarence BrooksTX1896

Clarence Brooks

TX1896

Clarence Morehouse

Clarence MuseMD1889

Clarence Muse

MD1889

Clarence Rucker

Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams III

Clark Ramsey

Claude Akins

Claudia McNeil

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Coley Wallace

Connie Harris

Coretta Scott King

Creighton Thompson

D. Ireland Thomas

Dal Clawson

Dana Elcar

Daniel HaynesGA1889

Daniel Haynes

GA1889

Daniel Petrie

Darryl F. Zanuck

David Kummins

David Meyers

David Starkman

David Susskind

DeForrest Covan

Dede Allen

Delta Rhythm Boys

Dennis Pryor

Diahann CarrollNY1935

Diahann Carroll

NY1935

Diana Sands

Dick Sabol

Don Dean

Don Druke

Don Fellows

Don Hunstein

Don Malkames

Don Wilson

Dona DrakeFL1914

Dona Drake

FL1914

Dora Mitchell

Doris Doscher

Dorothy DandridgeOH1922

Dorothy Dandridge

OH1922

Dorothy Nicholas

Dorothy Van Engle

Dots Johnson

Dr. R. L. Brown

Du Bose Heyward

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Digges

Dudley Murphy

E. C. Dyer

E. G. Tatum

Earle Snell

Eartha KittSC1927

Eartha Kitt

SC1927

Ed Begley

Eddie DeBuse

Eddie Lynn

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson CA1905

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

CA1905

Edgar Litterson

Edmond T. Greville

Edward Brandon

Edward Elkas

Edward Fraction

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington DC1899

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

DC1899

Edward R. Abrams

Edward Thompson

Edwin Middleton

Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (narrator)

Elder Michaux

Eldridge Cleaver

Elizabeth Boyer

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer J. McGovern

Eloyce Gist

Ely Landau

Emily Yancy

Emmet Jackson

Ermer Robinson

Ernest Gold

Ernest Haller

Ernest Laszlo

Ernest Tidyman

Ernest WhitmanOK1893

Ernest Whitman

OK1893

Erwin Gary

Estelle Evans

Ethel Gray

Ethel Smith

Ethel WatersPA1896

Ethel Waters

PA1896

Etta James

Etta McDanielKS1890

Etta McDaniel

KS1890

Eubie Blake and His Orchestra

Eugene Jackson

Eunice Brooks

Eva Johnson

Evelyn Ellis

Evelyn Preer

F. E. Miller

Fats Waller

Fayard NicholasAL1914

Fayard Nicholas

AL1914

Ferdie Lewis

Flo Clements

Florence McClain

Florence O’Brien

Flournoy E. Miller

Floyd Shackelford

Frances De Young

Francine Everett

Frank H. McClennan

Frank H. Wilson

Frank Montgomery

Frank Perugini

Frank Schiffman

Frank Silvera

Frank Tours

Frank White

Frank Wilson

Fred Myton

Freddie Jackson

Frederic Knudtson

Frederick O’NealMS1905

Frederick O’Neal

MS1905

Fredi WashingtonGA1903

Fredi Washington

GA1903

G. Benoit

G. W. Bitzer

Galt MacDermot

Garfield Thompson

Gene Dynarski

Gene Michael

Gene Rodgers

Genevieve Young

George Bassman

George Calvin

George Catlin

George Edward Brown

George Englund

George F. Wheeler

George Garate

George Graham

George Green

George P. Johnson

George Randol

George Reed

George Rigaud

George Rohrs

George T. Sutton

George W. Broome

George Washington

George Washington Carver

Georges Bizet

Georgia Burke

Gerald Hirschfeld

Germaine Aussey

Gertie Brown

Gertrude Braun

Gertrude Christmas

Gifford Cochran

Gloria Foster

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Madison

Godfrey Cambridge

Gordon Parks

Grace Ellenwood

Grace Smith

Grant Whytock

Guernsey Morrow

Gus Dail

Guy Belford

Gwenn Mitchell

H. Arthur Smith

H. Rap Brown

H. W. Kier

Hal Brav

Harold F. Kress

Harold J. Marzorati

Harold Jacob Smith

Harold NicholasNC1921

Harold Nicholas

NC1921

Harry A. Gant

Harry Baird

Harry BelafonteNY1927

Harry Belafonte

NY1927

Harry Bellaver

Harry Dumont

Harry Henderson

Harry Kleiner

Harry M. Popkin

Harry Shannon

Harvey Brooks

Hattie Delaro

Hattie McDanielKS1893

Hattie McDaniel

KS1893

Hazel Scott1920

Hazel Scott

1920

Helen Lounck

Helene Arridell

Henri Wessell

Henry Cowen

Henry Scott

Henry Vernot

Herbert Jeffries

Herbert O. Carleton

Herschel Gilbert

Hilda Haynes

Hilda Offley

Hilda SimmsMN1918

Hilda Simms

MN1918

Howard Augusta

Howard Galloway

Huey P. Newton

Hugh A. Robertson

Inez Newell

Inez Smith

Inger Stevens

Irene Wilson

Iris Hall

Irvin Willat

Irving Cummings

Irving Yates

Irwin R. Franklyn

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Jones

Isabelle Cooley

Ivan Dion

Ivan Dixon

J. D. Cannon

J. Feyte

J. Henry Kruse

J. Stuart Blackton

J. V. Ritchey

J. W. Hemmings

Jack Austin

Jack Carter

Jack Chenault

Jack Goldberg

Jack Greenhalgh

Jack Johnson

Jack Kemp

Jack Whitman

Jackie Robinson

James Burrough

James D. Ruffin

James Davis

James Earl Jones

James EdwardsIN1918

James Edwards

IN1918

James Forman

James Gist

James J. Jeffries

James K. Friedrich

James Prades

James Sweeney

Janet MacLachlan

Janette Criner

Jas B. Jones

Jason Holliday

Jean Armour

Jean Wallace

Jed Buell

Jeri Sapanen

Jerry Gross

Jerry Mills

Jessie Johnson

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Jimmie Smith

Jimmy Baskett

Jimmy Burress

Jimmy Marshall

Joanne Woodward

Joe Adams

Joe Louis

Joel Fluellen

Joel Freedman

John Amos

John Anderson

John C. Spikes

John Carter

John D. F. Black

John Everett

John Fiedler

John Fletcher

John Gluskin

John H. Allen

John King

John L. Herman

John Lewis

John Marley

John Marriott

John Mason

John O. Killens

John Reinhardt

John W. Noble

John Wesley Rodgers

Johnny Miller

Johnny Taylor

Jonathan Gordon

Josef Berne

Joseph Brun

Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Josephine Baker

Josephine Tally

Joyce McElrath

Juanita MooreMS1914

Juanita Moore

MS1914

Juanita Riley

Juano Hernandez

Judy Pace

Jules Dassin

Julia Theresa Russell

Julian Mayfield

Julius Harris

July Jones

Katharine Moore

Katherine DunhamIL1909

Katherine Dunham

IL1909

Katherine Noisette

Kathleen Cleaver

Kathryn Boyd

Kenneth Freeman

Kim Hamilton

King Donovan

Klaw and Erlanger

Kyle Johnson

L. E. Lewis

L. K. Smith

Larry Bobkin

Laura Bowman

Laurence Criner

Laurence Rosenthal

Lawrence Chenault

Lawrence Edmund Taylor

Lawrence Pressman

Lea Morris

Leigh Whipper

Lena HorneNY1917

Lena Horne

NY1917

Leo C. Popkin

Leon Davis

Leon Williams

Leonard Parker

Leroy Collins

Lester Bates

Lester Lang

Lew Meehan

Lew Porter

Lex Neal

Liliane Korb

Lillian Johnson

Lillian RandolphTN1898

Lillian Randolph

TN1898

Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” PerryFL1902

Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” Perry

FL1902

Linda Darnell

Lindsay J. Hall

Lionel Monagas

Loften Mitchell

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lora Hays

Lorraine Hansberry

Lottie Boles

Lottie Grady

Lou Frohman

Lou Gossett

Lou Vernon

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra

Louis Dean

Louis Loeffler

Louis “Babe” Pressley

Louise Beavers OH1900

Louise Beavers

OH1900

Louise Cook

Louise Dunbar

Lucia Lynn Moses

Lucien Ballard

Lucile Brown

Lucky Miller and His Orchestra

Luke Bennett

Lupe Velez

Luther Pollard

Lyons Daniels

M. C. Maxwell

Mabel Robinson

Maceo B. Sheffield

Madame Robinson

Madame Sul Te WanKY1873

Madame Sul Te Wan

KY1873

Madeline Anderson

Mae Barnes

Maggie Bemlery

Maidie NormanGA1912

Maidie Norman

GA1912

Major Wright (additional narration)

Malcolm Atterbury

Mantan MorelandLA1902

Mantan Moreland

LA1902

Manuel Melamed

Marcella Moreland

Margaret Whitten

Marie Eline

Marques Haynes

Marshall Rodgers

Martin Luther King

Martin Priest

Mary Louise Stevens

Mary McLeod Bethune (additional narration)

Master Abernathy

Matthew Jones

Mattie Wilkes

Max Julien

Max Montagu

Mel Ferrer

Melvin Van Peebles

Mercedes Gilbert

Michael Agustus

Michael Roemer

Michel Kelber

Mickey Baker

Mike Angel

Mike Warren

Miklós Rózsa

Mildred Joanne

Miles Davis

Milton Krasner

Milton Raison

Milton Williams

Minnie Provost

Minor Watson

Minta Cato

Mira Waters

Mitchell Grayson

Monte Hawley

Mort Briskin

Moses Gunn

Motyne McCormick

Mrs. Connors

Mrs. Evelyn

Myra Johnson

Myra Stanton

N. Spoor

Nat King Cole

Nathan Curry

Nedrick Young

Nelson Gidding

Neva Peoples

Nicholas Joy

Nicholas Webster

Nicodemus Stewart

Nicole Berger

Nikolai Ursin

Nina Mae McKinneySC1912

Nina Mae McKinney

SC1912

Noble JohnsonMO1881

Noble Johnson

MO1881

Nora Newsome

Norman Johnstone

Nuffie Calloway

Odessa Warren Grey

Olga JamesDC1929

Olga James

DC1929

Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Moore

Oscar PolkAR1899

Oscar Polk

AR1899

Ossie DavisGA1917

Ossie Davis

GA1917

Otto Preminger

Paddy Monk

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Paul Newman (narrator)

Paul RobesonNJ1898

Paul Robeson

NJ1898

Paul Scardon

Paul Stewart

Paul Weatherwax

Pauline Myers

Pearl BaileyVA1918

Pearl Bailey

VA1918

Pearl McCormack

Peggy Rea

Peggy Vance

Pepito Abatino

Peter Thompson

Phil Brown

Phil Dunham

Phil Moore

Philip Rose

Philip Tannura

Phillip Yordan

Piano Frank

Pierre Chenal

Pierre Doris

Putney Dandridge

Ralph Abernathy

Ralph Cooper

Ralph Johnson

Ralph Roberts

Ralph Rosenblum

Ranald MacDougall

Rather Hardeman

Raymond St. Jacques

Redd Foxx

Reginald Fenderson

Rev. R. L. Robertson

Rev. Solomon Sir Jones

Rex Ingram

Rex Robbins

Richard Anthony Williams

Richard Bright

Richard C. Meyer

Richard Cressy

Richard E. Norman

Richard Elkins

Richard Lane

Richard Leacock

Richard Roundtree

Richard Ward

Richard Widmark

Richard Wright

Robert Cline

Robert Gordon

Robert Graham Brown (voice)

Robert Jahns

Robert L. Goodwin

Robert Lawrence

Robert Levy

Robert M. Young

Robert Machover

Robert Puello

Robert Q. Lovett

Robert Rubin

Robert Ryan

Robert Sylvester

Robert Wise

Roberta Hyson

Rogenia Goldthwaite

Roger Lewis

Roland Holder

Roland Mitchell

Ron Dellums

Rosalie Larrimore

Rosamond Johnson

Roscoe Cumberland

Roscoe Lee Browne

Rose Lee Lincoln

Rosetta Le Noire

Roy Applegate

Roy Calnek

Roy Glenn Sr.

Roy Luby

Roy Martin

Ruby DeeOH1922

Ruby Dee

OH1922

Ruby Elzy

Rudolph De Cordova

Russell Thorson

Saint Suttle

Sam Corker

Sam Coslow

Sam Elljay

Sam Jordan

Sam Leavitt

Sam Lucas

Sam McDanielKS1886

Sam McDaniel

KS1886

Sam Newfield

Sam Orleans

Sammy Davis Jr.NY1925

Sammy Davis Jr.

NY1925

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Sandy Burns

Shas Levine

Sheila Guyse

Shelley Winters

Shelly Ross

Sherman Lowe

Sherri Brewer

Shirley Clarke

Sidney Harmon

Sidney Lumet

Sidney PoitierFL1927

Sidney Poitier

FL1927

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sorrell Booke

Spencer Williams Jr.

Stanley Greene

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Morrell

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Walpole

Star Calloway

Stella Mayo

Stephen Grattan

Stephen McNally

Stephen Perry

Stevan Larner

Steve Reynolds

Stewart Linder

Stirling Silliphant

Stokely Carmichael

Sybil Lewis

T. Hayes Hunter

Tasmania Darden

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Teresa Michelena

The Black Community

The Nicholas Brothers

The V’s

Theodore Bikel

Theresa HarrisTX1906

Theresa Harris

TX1906

Thomas Gomez

Tishman and O’Neal

Tom Bret

Tom Fletcher

Tony Curtis

Trevy Woods

Tria French

True T. Thompson

Urs Furrer

Velma Middleton

Vernetties Moore

Vernon McCalla

Vernon S. Duncan

Vet Murphy

Victor Arnold

Victoria SpiveyTX1906

Victoria Spivey

TX1906

Vincent Barbi

Vincent Valenti

Virgil Owens

Viviane Romance

W. H. Sanders

Walker Thompson

Walter Strenge

Walter Thomas

Walter W. Conick

Walter Weems

Warren Murray

Webb King

Wes Jenkins

Whit Bissell

Will Jason

Will Kuluva

Willa Pearl Curtin

William "Sleep ‘n’ Eat" BestMS1913

William "Sleep ‘n’ Eat" Best

MS1913

William Byrd

William D. Foster

William Daly Paley

William E. Pettus

William Forest Crouch

William George

William Greaves

William Hyer

William J. Faris

William L. Nolte

William Lyon

William Milton

William N. Selig

William R. Daly

William Smith

William Starks

William “Pop” Gates

Yaphet Kotto

Yves Mirande

Zella Young

Zerita Steptean

Zina Voynow

“Pigmeat” Markham