(MUSIC) Group of 33 programs for performances by African Ame

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(MUSIC.) Group of 33 programs for performances by African American artists, including several for plays by African American playwrights. size varies greatly, should be seen. Vp, 1911-1958

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Includes: a souvenir program from the Washington Conservatory at the Howard Theatre for June 16th 1911; Library of Congress, music by African American composers; recital programs for Lillian Evanti, Marian Anderson, Roland Hayes, Abbie Mitchell, Charlotte Wallace Murray, Will Marion Cook, Lawrence Whisonant, Aubrey Pankey, Gertrude Parthenia McBrown, Leonea B. Dudley and Eva B. Dyckes, a rare program of "Americana" sponsored by The Book Shop in Washington D.C., that included performances by Lead Belly (sic), Billie Holiday, Meade "Lux" Lewis, and a performance of Earl Robinson's "Ballad for Americans." Also includes programs for Langston Hughes "Simply Heavenly," based on the Simple stories and Hughes' play "Mulatto."