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1938 Rare Negro Actors Guild Program
1938 Rare Negro Actors Guild Program
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Heading: (African-American 1938)
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Title: N.A.G. [Negro Actors Guild] / Souvenir Program, Dec. 11, 1938, 46th St.Theatre
Place Published: New York
Publisher:
Date Published: 1938
Description:


Original pictorial wrappers (covers detached but present), front cover African-style illustration signed "ESC". Approx. 44 unnumbered pages, mostly congratulatory ads.



Newly-formed during the Depression when no Black actor or actress had as yet become a Hollywood star, the group boasted among its officers Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, with "Honorary Life Memberships" presented to Marian Anderson, Ethel Waters - and, curiously, boxer Joe Louis and white performers Eddie Cantor and Tyrone Power.

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Condition
Covers worn, discolored and detached, otherwise Fair to Good
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1938 Rare Negro Actors Guild Program

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