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References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_Dust https://onset.shotonwhat.com/gallery/from-the-film-madeas-family-reunion-2006/ Stepin Fetchit Excerpt from_ 'Judge Priest" 1934 - YouTube The Watermelon Woman Original 1996 U.S. One Sheet Movie Poster - Posteritati Movie Poster Gallery https://images.app.goo.gl/9aMK7qqHcekKY6m36 Cadillac Records (2008) - All I Could Do Was Cry Scene (10/10) | Movieclips - YouTube "I'm Not Dead!" - Marvel Studios' Black Panther (2018) | Movie Clip HD - YouTube Jordan Peele Discusses Ideation Of New Horror Film "Nope" - YouTube Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton) - YouTube Spike Lee's - "She's Gotta Have It" Trailer - YouTube Mamie Smith "Harlem Blues" 1935 - YouTube The Learning Tree 1969 ( True Black Lives ) - YouTube Louis Armstrong "Dinah" 1933 - YouTube Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives] - YouTube Dorothy Dandridge "That's All" on The Ed Sullivan Show - YouTube 1920 - Within Our Gates | Oscar Micheaux | Race Film | Silent Film | Full Movie Free - YouTube Body And Soul (1925) - YouTube https://www.npr.org/2023/03/04/1160956565/black-film-canon-movies https://medium.com/@watchreveel/a-brief-history-of-black-cinema-in-america-d4f307b5989b RACE FILM ERA https://www.npr.org/2022/08/21/1118604068/a-new-exhibit-in-la-explores-the-complicated-history-of-black-cinema Directed by Khadijah Smith Narrated by Tamika Wallace

About Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist, and actress. As a vaudeville singer she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Born : May 26, 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Died : September 16, 1946 in New York City, New York.

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