Adrienne Wartts
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Leigh Whipper (1876-1975)
Leigh Whipper, the first black member of the Actors’ Equity Association (1913), was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1876....
Nina Mae McKinney (1913-1967)
Nina Mae McKinney, one of the first African American leading actresses in Hollywood, was born Nannie Mayme McKinney in 1913....
Maidie Norman (1912-1998)
Maidie Norman, who appeared in more than 200 Hollywood films, was born in Georgia in 1912 to Louis and Lila...
Lorenzo Tucker (1907-1986)
In an era when both movies and audiences were segregated, Lorenzo Tucker became African America’s leading man. Tucker was born...
Daniel Haynes (1894-1954)
Daniel Haynes is best remembered for his portrayal of the preacher in the 1929 film Hallelujah, one of the earliest...
Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)
Visual artist Lois Mailou Jones was born in 1905 in Boston, Massachusetts to Thomas Vreeland and Carolyn Dorinda Jones. Her...
The Ville (St. Louis, MO)
The Ville is a residential and business district remembered as the cultural center of the African American community in St....
Evelyn Preer (1896-1932)
Evelyn Preer, one of the first African American silent screen actresses to transition into sound Hollywood films, was born on...
Rex Ingram (1895-1969)
Rex Ingram, one of the first African American male actors to serve on the Board of the Screen Actors Guild,...
Oscar Polk (1900-1949)
Actor Oscar Polk began his career in the early 1930s as a stage performer in the musical production of Swingin’...
Homer G. Phillips (1880-1931)
Prominent St. Louis attorney Homer Gilliam Phillips was born in Sedalia, Missouri in 1880. He was the son of a...
Homer G. Phillips Hospital (1937-1979)
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, one of the country’s most prestigious medical institutions, was designed by architect Albert Osburg. The hospital...