John Marriott papers 1933-1977

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977

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Shirley (Graham) Du Bois was a political activist, writer, playwright, and composer. She was born in 1896, the only daughter of five children of David A. and Etta (Bell) Graham. Her father, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed president of Monrovia College, Liberia, in 1926. Du Bois had two sons, Robert (b. 1923) and David (b. 1925), from an early short-lived marriage. In 1931 she entered Oberlin College to study music. The following year, ...

Marriott, John, 1893-1977

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John Marriott was an African-American actor whose theater, film and television credits extended over fifty years. He began his career in 1922 as a member of the celebrated Karamu Players of Cleveland, an association he maintained for twelve years. He appeared in Off Broadway theater "The Respectful Prostitute" in 1948 and many Broadway productions, most notably "The Iceman Cometh" in 1946, "The Green Pastures," The Little Foxes," "The Miracle Worker," "The Resistible Rise of Arturo ...

Mitchell, Loften

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African American author, novelist, and screenwriter; interested in race relations; b. 1919. From the description of Loften Mitchell collection, 1964-1985. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70960214 ...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Dean, Phillip Hayes

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