You know how you can find something so great on the Internet that you just have to share it immediately with people? Well, Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a catalog of Carl Van Vechten's (of Harlem Renaissance fame) color photographs (click SEE ALL IMAGES at top of page) of legendary African Americans was that magnificent thing for me. When I first came across this, I absolutely gasped to see a color photo of WEB DuBois (1946) (left)...Awed by Pearl Bailey's poise, Dorothy West's shyness, and Earl Hyman's brilliance (he played the father to Bill Cosby's character on The Cosby Show).
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Ruth Johnson
2/5/2009 06:50:01 am
This is wonderful!
Darla E.
2/5/2009 03:31:45 pm
Thanks for what you are doing. This is yet another good example of the new and positive things the University is undergoing.
Darla Edwards
2/5/2009 03:32:54 pm
Thanks for what you are doing. This is a good example of the new and positive things happening at the university. Leave a Reply. |