The First Black Actors on the Great White Way: Museum Object and Cultural History
The First Black Actors on the Great White Way: Date: 1998. Written by: Susan Curtis. Published by: University of Missouri Press, American, founded 1958.
The object in the museum catalogue
Hardcover book, titled "The First Black Actors on the Great White Way". Cover has white lettering set against a photograph a city street at night; also photo of a man and woman appears semi-translucent on cover. [The/First/Black Actors/on the/Great White/Way/Susan Curtis]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1998
- Written by: Susan Curtis
- Published by: University of Missouri Press, American, founded 1958
- Type: hardcover books
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Theatre
- Object number: 2011.45.101
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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