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Nina Mae McKinney publicity photos for the film “Hallelujah” (1929)
After “Hallelujah!,” McKinney signed a five-year contract with MGM; she was the first African-American actor to sign a long-term contract with a major studio.
Pianist Hazel Scott and her husband NY Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., talking with singer Ella Fitzgerald during opening night of Bop City in 1949.
(Photo by Martha Holmes/The LIFE Picture Collection)