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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Photograph
1962 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Photograph
1934
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Photograph
October 28, 1938
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Carl Van Vechten
Donald Edward Saddler

Donald Edward Saddler

Photograph
1940
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Carl Van Vechten
Lucia Chase

Lucia Chase

Photograph
c. 1941
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Carl Van Vechten
Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Photograph
1933 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Annabelle Lyon

Annabelle Lyon

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c. 1941
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Carl Van Vechten
Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune

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1949 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Viola Essen

Viola Essen

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c. 1944
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Carl Van Vechten
Meg Mundy

Meg Mundy

Photograph
June 2, 1948
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Carl Van Vechten
Janet Reed

Janet Reed

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October 27, 1944
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Carl Van Vechten
Francisco Moncion

Francisco Moncion

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November 20, 1944
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Carl Van Vechten
Claude Marchant

Claude Marchant

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c. 1945
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Carl Van Vechten
Edward Matthews

Edward Matthews

Photograph
c. 1934
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Carl Van Vechten
J. Rosamond Johnson

J. Rosamond Johnson

Photograph
1933 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten

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