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James Avery's mother, Florence Avery, and his uncle at Club Harlem in Atlantic City, New Jersey (1950s).
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Kenneth Bacon's mother, Bernice Narcisse Bacon (center) with his aunts Juanity Narcisse (left) and Verdell Narcisse (right) in Houston, Texas (1950s).
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Lezli Baskerville's father, Charles Baskerville, Jr. serving as conductor for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Choir at Howard University in Washington, D.C. (1950s).
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Alvin Boutte (right) with his friends at Officer Candidate Training School at Fort Riley, Kansas (1950s).
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Alvin Boutte (center) with his friends at Officer Training School at Fort Riley, Kansas (1950s).
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Rev. Joseph Darby’s mother, Eloise Darby, and father, Joseph Darby Sr. in Columbia, South Carolina (1950s).
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Advertisement of Julian Marvin Swain performing with the Co-Op dance company and Duke Ellington, Olivette Miller and Flournoy Miller for a show at Club Riviera in St. Louis, Missouri (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (left) performing with Ann Henry (center) and Peter Green (right), in the Co-Op dance company, while touring with Duke Ellington (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (right) performing with Ann Henry (center) and Peter Green (left), in the Co-Op dance company, while touring with Duke Ellington (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (left) with Ann Henry (center) and Peter Green (right) for the Co-Op dance company (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain on tour with Duke Ellington, at the Apollo Theater in New York, New York (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (right) with Peter Green (left) while they were living in New York, New York (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (left) performing with Peter Green (right) in New York, New York (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (right) performing with Peter Green (left) in New York, New York (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (left) performing with Peter Green (right) in New York, New York (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (center) performing with Count Basie at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain (left) with producer Larry Steele (center), actress Louise Beavers (right), and performer Jo Jo Adams (top right) (1950s).
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The cover of the Harlem Blackbirds program featuring Julian Marvin Swain (1950s).
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Larry Steele (center) in the Harlem Blackbirds show in Australia (1950s).
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Julian Marvin Swain featured in Leon Claxton's program, Harlem in Havana Revue (1950s).
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Vernellia Randall's maternal grandfather, Maude Hall and her grandmother, Jesse Hall with her cousin (1950s).
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Brenda Payton Jones' paternal grandmother, Clara Drisdale Williams (1950s).
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Rev. Dr. Mary Ivey's cousin, Clara (left) and her paternal grandmother, Mary Henry (right) in Vian, Oklahoma (1950s).
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Rev. Dr. Mary Ivey's sister, Thelma Louise Henry Johnson (right) with her niece, Johnnie Mae Johnson (left) (1950s).
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Home built by Janet L. Sims-Wood's father, Marvin L. Sims (1950s).
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Alice Key as photographed by Ted Allan in Los, Angeles, California (1950s).
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(L to R) Donald V. Watkins' sisters, Marie Watkins, Pearl Watkins and Doristine Watkins; Donald V. Watkins; his mother, Lillian Watkins; his brothers, James Watkins and Levi Watkins, Jr. and his father, Levi Watkins, Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee (1950s).
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Sir Alistair Cooke's photograph of William Greaves dressed as an Arab, Egypt, 1950s.
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William Greaves's friend, Emily, ca. 1950s.
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Kent Amos's grandfather Ernest Amos, aunt Alezea Amos and grandmother Virginia Davis Amos, ca. 1950s.
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Rosalyn Terborg-Penn's cousins, Indianapolis, Indiana, mid 1950s.
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Harry Brooks, Jr. awarded a trophy upon being inducted into the Fort Dix Sports Hall of Fame, Fort Dix, New Jersey, ca. 1950s.
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Harry Brooks Jr. with his first wife, Doris Elizabeth Greene-Brooks and sons Wayne L. Brooks (left) and Harry W. Brooks, III (right), ca. late 1950s.
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Timuel Black’s father, Timuel Black, Sr. in a photo from the 1950s. He was born in Jacksonville, Alabama and moved with his family to Chicago in 1920.
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Timuel Black’s mother, Mattie McConner Black, in a photo taken in the 1950s. She was born in Florence, Alabama, where early blues and jazz composer W.C. Handy encouraged her interest in music.
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Timuel Black's parents, Mattie McConner Black and Timuel Dixon Black, Sr., 1950s.
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Young Barbara Boyd A young Barbara Boyd.
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Maudine Cooper in St. Paul, Minnesota (1950s)
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Maudine Cooper’s Junior High Year Book from St. Paul, Minnesota (1950s) (#1)
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Maudine Cooper’s Junior High Year Book from St. Paul, Minnesota (1950s) (#2)
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell in the studio at WGRY
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(1950's) Barbara and Lucky Cordell at a costume party
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell celebrating Vivian Carter's Birthday (l-r) Al "Dizzy" Dixon, (Unidentified), (Unidentified), Lucky Cordell, Vivian Carter, (Unidentified)
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell and the Good Guys unveiling a photo of Richard Stamms at McKeys Lounge (l-r) Al "Dizzy" Dixon, Roy Wood, Richard Stams, McKey Fitzshue, Lucky Cordell, (Unidentified)
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell at WGRY (l-r) Hoot Gibson The Country and Western Announcer, Lucky Cordell, George Whitney, the owner of WGRY
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(1950's) Al "The Old Swing Master"Benson (Standing) and Skeet Vans at the Bud Biliken Parade
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell and his assistant Clemestine Perry at his monthly hop at The Baby Youth Center in Gary Indiana
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(1950's) Lucky Cordell advertising The Pabst Blue Ribbon Show on WGES Radio
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Detail (1950's) Lucky Cordell advertising The Pabst Blue Ribbon Show on WGES Radio
