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African Americans in Film Collection, 1919-2000

Summary

Abstract

The African Americans in Film Collection includes ephemeral materials, especially posters and pressbooks, promoting and advertising motion pictures featuring Black actors, directors, and production companies.

Extent

15 Linear Feet

Language

English.

Collection ID

RL.00019

Background

Scope and content

The African Americans in Film collection includes ephemeral materials promoting and advertising motion pictures featuring Black actors, directors, and production companies. Materials in this collection include press books, posters, promotional booklets, campaign books, advertising manuals, programs, lobby cards, and other formats. The films documented include silent films, Blaxploitation films, blockbuster action films, musicals, documentaries, and dramas, from smaller Black owned and operated companies to major studio productions. Actors frequently featured in films documented here include Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Brock Peters, Fred Williamson, Ruby Dee, Brenda Sykes, Sammie Davis Jr., James Earl Jones, and many others.

Description often includes the format of the material and/or one or more of the Black stars featured in the film. Some description provided by George Robert Minkoff Inc., the dealer from whom part of the collection was purchased, is provided in quotes. Some of that description may have originated from the books Blacks in American films and television: an encyclopedia. and Toms, coons, mulattoes, mammies, and bucks: an interpretive history of Blacks in American films., both by Donald Bogle. The majority of the materials are from the United States, but a few items were created by or for audiences in other countries such as Japan, Denmark, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and are noted as such.

Biographical / historical

Motion picture films have been created in the United States, primarily in southern California, since the very early 20th century.

The Norman Film Manufacturing Company was created in the late 1910s by Richard Norman and produced films with all-Black casts, known at the time as "race films". Race films were those movies made specifically for African American audiences and with African American casts. The studio produced silent films including The Green-Eyed Monster (1919), The Love Bug (1919), The Bull Dogger (1921), Crimson Skull (1921), Regeneration (1923), The Flying Ace (1926), and Black Gold (1928). The company and studio was located in Jacksonville, FL, along with a number of other studios in the 1910s and 1920s, but when the film industry adopted talking films and shifted to Hollywood, CA, the Norman Film Manufacturing Company moved to distributing films, then exhibiting films, before shutting down in the 1940s. The only surviving film is the Flying Ace, which was restored by the Library of Congress and is available for viewing online.

Pressbooks were marketing and promotional tools created by film distributors and sent to movie theaters. Pressbooks usually included images of posters, lobby cards, and other advertising materials available to promote the film, as well as suggestions or guides for advertising and promotion. Pressbooks came in a wide variety of sizes and could also include additional information about the film and cast itself. Pressbooks were commonly produced by major film studios from the 1910s onward.

Acquisition information

The African Americans in Film Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase from George Robert Minkoff Inc. in 2001, 2009, 2010, and 2014, and Michael Bowen in 2020, 2022, and 2023.

Processing information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Completed September 26, 2002

Encoded by Joshua A. Kaiser

Updated by Alice Poffinberger, and Paula Jeannet, August and December 2010, and May 2014.

Collection rearranged to accommodate new acquisitions and collection-level notes updated by Tracy M. Jackson, December 2022, February 2023.

Accession 2023-0059 added by Leah Tams, September 2023.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by film title.

Rules or conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Browsing

By Container

Box 1

Item Title	Description	Annotation
48 Hours, 1982	French press book; Starring Eddie Murphy.
A.K.A. Cassius Clay, 1970		Feature about the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.
Airport '77, 1977	British advertising promotion guide sheet
Airport '77, 1977	Press book; Starring Robert Hooks.
All the Young Men, 1960	Advertising supplement	Publicity specifically designed for Black audiences.
Amazing Grace, 1974	Press book; Starring Moms Mabley and Stepin Fetchit.
American Gigolo, 1980	Starring Bill Duke.
American Gigolo, 1980	British press kit
Amistad, 1997	Japanese promotional booklet; Starring Djimon Hounsou.
Angel Levine, The, 1970		Harry Belafonte produced and starred in this adaptation of Bernard Malamud.
Angels in the Outfield, 1994	Promotional booklet	Sent out by Disney and containing an article about Danny Glover and the film.
Another 48 Hrs, 1990	Japanese promotional brochure; Starring Eddie Murphy.
Bamboozled, 2000		Spike Lee directed this film about a frustrated African American TV writer who proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but it becomes a hit, to his chagrin. Starring Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tommy Davidson.
Big Doll House, The, 1971		Pam Grier in one of her early starring roles.
Billy Jack, 1971
Bird, 1988	French press sheet	Clint Eastwood directed this biography of the legendary Charlie Parker, who was portrayed by Forest Whitaker.
Black Belt Jones, 1974	Press book; Starring Jim Kelly and Scatman Crothers.
Black Belt Jones, 1974	Promotional booklet done like a comic book
Black Caesar, 1973	Starring Fred Williamson.
Black Girl, 1972	Press book; Ossie Davis (director). Starring Leslie Uggams and Ruby Dee.
Black Gold, 1927		Black-cast drama about oil-drilling from the Norman Film Manufacturing Company.
Black Mama, White Mama, 1972	Starring Pam Grier.
Black Rodeo, 1972	Press book	Rodeo documentary, with guest appearances by Muhammad Ali and Woody Strode.
Black Shampoo, 1976		Blaxploitation film starring John Daniels and Tanya Boyd.
Blazing Stewardesses, 1974
Book of Numbers, 1973	Starring Raymond St. Jacques.
Bronco Billy, 1980	Special promotional booklet	Synopses in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
Bronze Venus, 1943		Reissue of 1938 film The Duke is Tops; Lena Horne's debut film and a very rare specimen of Black independent filmmaking.
Brubaker, 1980	British press book
Brubaker, 1980	Press book; Starring Yaphet Kotto.
Bull-Dogger, The, 1921		Advertising flyer for four Norman Film Manufacturing Company Black-cast films suggested as a quadruple bill: The Love Bug ( 1919), The Crimson Skull ( 1921), The Green-Eyed Monster ( 1919) and The Bull-Dogger ( 1921).
Burn!, 1970		Film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo about a slave revolt on a Caribbean island early in the 19th century.
Bus is Coming, The, 1971	Starring Mike Sims.
Can't Stop the Music, 1980	Campaign press book; Starring Alex Briley and Ray Simpson.
Cardinal, The, 1963		Ossie Davis portrays a Southern Roman Catholic priest whose church has been burned by the KKK.
Carmen Jones, 1954	Danish theater program	Program is extensively illustrated.
Celebration at Big Sur, 1971	Press book; Starring Dorothy Morrison and the Combs Sisters.
Chain Gang Women, 1971
Change of Mind, 1969	Ad supplement
Change of Mind, 1969	Starring Raymond St. Jacques.	The brain of a white district attorney is transplanted into the body of a Black man.
Charley-One-Eye, 1972	Press book	Richard Roundtree in a Blaxploitation western.
Chase for the Golden Needles, 1974	Campaign manual; Starring Jim Kelly.
Checkerboard, 1959	Exhibitor's manual	American release of the French film Les Tripes Au Soleil, a film whose setting is unclear (it seems to be a French film set in the Old West), with the cast equally divided between Black and white actors.
Claudine, 1974	Press book; Starring James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll.
Clay Pigeon, 1971	Exhibitor's campaign book; Starring Ivan Dixon.
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold, 1975	Press book; Starring Tamara Dobson.
Cleopatra Jones, 1973	Press book; Starring Tamara Dobson.
Coffy, 1973	Starring Pam Grier.
Color Purple, 1985	Exhibitor's campaign book (British press book);
Come Back, Charleston Blue, 1972	Press book; Starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques.	This is a sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem, adapted, like its precursor, from Chester Himes.
Condor, El, 1970	Starring Jim Brown.
Cool Breeze, 1972	Press book; Starring Pam Grier and Thalmus Rasulala.
Cotton Club, 1984	Japanese promotional brochure; Starring Gregory Hines.
Crimson Skull, 1921		From the Norman Film Manufacturing Company: Baffling Western Mystery Photo-Play. Supported by Bill Pickett, World's Champion Wild West Performer, the one-legged Marvel, Steve Reynolds, and 30 Colored Cowboys. Produced in the All-Colored City of Boley, Okla. An Epic of Wild Life and Smoking Revolvers. All-Colored Cast. Contains an article by star Anita Bush, Introduction of Negro Drama in New York.
Crimson Skull, 1921		Advertising flyer for four Norman Film Manufacturing Company Black-cast films suggested as a quadruple bill: The Love Bug ( 1919), The Crimson Skull ( 1921), The Green-Eyed Monster ( 1919) and The Bull-Dogger ( 1921).

Box 2

Item Title	Description	Annotation
Dark of the Sun, 1968	Starring Jim Brown.
Decks Ran Red, The, 1958	Press book; Starring Dorothy Dandridge.
Defiant Ones, The, 1958	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Demolition Man, 1993	Japanese promotional booklet; Starring Wesley Snipes.
Detective, The, 1968	Starring Al Freeman, Jr.
Detective, The, 1968	British press book
Devil and Max Devlin, The, 1981	Ad pad
Diamonds, 1975	Ad supplement
Die Hard with a Vengeance, 1995	Japanese promotional booklet; Starring Samuel L. Jackson.
Drum, 1976	British press book
Duel at Diablo, 1966	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Duel at Diablo, 1966	Advertising supplement
Earthquake, 1974	Press book; Starring Richard Roundtree.
Ebony Ivory & Jade, 1976		Action film with female stars, one African-American, one Caucasian, and one Asian.
Edge of the City, 1957	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee.
Evil in the Deep, 1976	Starring Rosey Greer.
Final Comedown, The, 1972	Starring Billy Dee Williams.
Five on the Black Hand Side, 1973	Press book; Starring Ja'net DuBois, Virginia Capers, and Sonny Jim Gaines.
Flying Ace, The, 1926		A Black-cast aviation drama from the Norman Film Manufacturing Company.
For Love of Ivy, 1968	Press book	Sidney Poitier starred in this film; screenplay from an original story by Poitier.
Fort Apache, The Bronx, 1981	British press book; Starring Pam Grier.
Foxy Brown, 1974	Starring Pam Grier.
From Nashville with Music, 1969		Country and western musical film, racially integrated by the presence of singer Charley Pride.
Georgia, Georgia, 1972	Press book; Starring Diane Sands. Script by Maya Angelou.
Ghostbusters II, 1989	British press book; Starring Ernie Hudson.
Glory, 1989	Promotional book; Starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Andre Braugher	Sumptuously illustrated book on the film, printed in a small edition for circulation to major theater chains.
Glory, 1989	Broadsides	Four broadsides used in the movie. Includes: Proclamation... April 10, 1863 (2 copies); The Enemy is Approaching; and Regulations for Camp Readville.
Going to Glory. . . Come to Jesus, 1946	Lobby cards and bag	Eight lobby cards used to advertise the movie in theater lobbies, along with the paper bag for the cards.
Gone with the Wind [The Story of], 1939	Reissued 1967; Starring Hattie McDaniel.
Gone with the Wind, 1939	Reissued 1967; Starring Hattie McDaniel.
Gordon's War, 1973	Press book; Starring Paul Winfield.	Bogle, p. 96: [Winfield] portrays a Vietnam veteran returning home to New York to a dead wife, the victim of a drug overdose. Enlisting the aid of three other Viet vets, he becomes a vigilante, determined to rub out the dope dealers
Gordon's War, 1973	Promotional brochure
Grand Canyon, 1991	British press book; Starring Danny Glover.
Grasshopper, The, 1970	Advertising supplement
Grasshopper, The, 1970
Great White Hope, The, 1970	Press book; Starring James Earl Jones.
Green-Eyed Monster, The, 1919		Advertising flyer for four Norman Film Manufacturing Company Black-cast films suggested as a quadruple bill: The Love Bug ( 1919), The Crimson Skull ( 1921), The Green-Eyed Monster ( 1919) and The Bull-Dogger ( 1921).
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1969	1969 reissue of 1967 film on double-bill with 1966 film To Sir, With Love; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Halls of Anger, 1970	Starring Calvin Lockhart.
Hammer, 1972	Starring Fred Williamson.
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The, 1968	Press book	Cicely Tyson in a Carson McCullers adaptation.
Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The, 1968	Special promotional flyer
Hickey & Boggs, 1972		Detective film, starred Bill Cosby with his costar from the I Spy television series of the 1960s, Robert Culp.
Hit Man, 1972	Press book; Starring Bernie Casey.
Hit!, 1973	Press book and merchandising manual; Starring Billie Dee Williams and Richard Pryor.
Honky, 1971	Starring Brenda Sykes.
Hurry Sundown, 1967	Press book ad supplement;
I Crossed the Color Line, 1966	Starring Max Julien.
I Escaped From Devil's Island, 1973	Press book; Starring Jim Brown.
In the Heat of the Night, 1967	Danish illustrated theater program
In the Heat of the Night, 1967	Special ad supplement	Issued in conjunction with the film's winning two Oscars.
Incident, The, 1967	Press book; Starring Ruby Dee and Brock Peters.
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, 1999	Starring Halle Berry.
Kenner, 1969	Press book; Starring Jim Brown.
Kill Squad, 1981
Klansman, The, 1974	Advertising booklet
Klansman, The, 1974	Supplementary advertising sheets

Box 3

Item Title	Description	Annotation
L-Shaped Room, The, 1962	Press book insert
L-Shaped Room, The, 1962	Press book; Starring Brock Peters.
L-Shaped Room, The, 1962	Press book insert 2
Lady Sings the Blues, 1972	Starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor.
Lady Sings the Blues, 1972	Advertising
Lady Sings the Blues, 1972	Press book ad supplement
Landlord, The, 1970	Screenplay by William Gunn. Starring Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, and Louis Gossett Jr.
Last of the Mobile Hot-Shots, 1969	Press book	Robert Hooks in a Tennesse Williams adaptation of The Seven Descents of Myrtle.
Learning Tree, The, 1969	Press book; Director and producer: Gordon Parks.
Learning Tree, The, 1969	Promotional flyer
Let No Man Write My Epitaph, 1960		Ella Fitzgerald's first dramatic role, that of a nightclub singer in a Skid Row bar.
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The, 1970	Press book insert
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The, 1970	Press book insert	This press book insert was especially prepared for placement in Negro newspapers.
Liberation of L.B. Jones, The, 1970	Press book; Starring Yaphet Kotto.
Lifeboat, 1944	Danish souvenir program	All original materials from Lifeboat are extremely uncommon. Canada Lee co-starred in this Hitchcock film from a script by John Steinbeck. Lee's performance is often cited by historians as an early case of a Black actor playing a non-stereotypical role in a major Hollywood film.
Lilies of the Field, 1963	Danish illustrated theater program
Lilies of the Field, 1963	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Long Ships, The, 1963	Starring Sidney Poitier.
Lost Man, The, 1969	Starring Sidney Poitier.
Lost Man, The, 1969	Advertising supplement
Love Bug, The, 1919	Advertising flyer	Advertising flyer for four Norman Film Manufacturing Company Black-cast films suggested as a quadruple bill: The Love Bug ( 1919), The Crimson Skull ( 1921), The Green-Eyed Monster ( 1919) and The Bull-Dogger ( 1921).
Mack, The, 1977	1977 reissue of 1973 film; Starring Richard Pryor.
Malaga, 1962	Press book; Starring Dorothy Dandridge,
Malcolm X, 1972	Press book	Feature-length documentary about the life of Malcolm X, given a very limited release by Warner Brothers, all materials from this film are extremely hard to find.
Malcolm X, 1992	Promotional book	Directed by Spike Lee. Deluxe special illustrated promotional book on the film, printed in small edition, profusely and richly illustrated.
Man Friday, 1975	Ad Supplement	With special promotion for Black audiences.
Man, The, 1972	Press book; Starring James Earl Jones	The first Black President of the United States. First they swore him in. Then they swore to get him.
Mandingo, 1975	Starring Ken Norton and Brenda Sykes.
Mark of the Hawk, The, 1957	Starring Sidney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, and Juano Hernandez.
Marked For Death, 1990	Starring Basil Wallace.
McMasters, The, 1969	Starring Brock Peters.
McMasters, The, 1969	British press book
Mean Mother, 1973	Starring Clifton Brown.
Men in Black, 1997	Japanese promotional brochure; Starring Will Smith.
Mission Impossible, 1996	Screening program; Starring Ving Rhames.
Muthers, The, 1976	Starring Jeanne Bell and Jayne Kennedy.
Naked Gun 2 1/2, 1991	British press book; Starring O.J. Simpson.
Naked Prey, The, 1966	Starring Ken Gampu.
Naked Prey, The, 1966	British campaign book
Naked Prey, The, 1966	Promotional pamphlet
New Jack City, 1991	Japanese promotional brochure; Starring Wesley Snipes.
One More Time, 1970	Press book; Starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
Organization, The, 1971	Starring Sidney Poitier.
Paris Blues, 1961	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll.
Police Academy, 1984	British press book; Strring Michael Winslow and Bubba Smith.
Pressure Point, 1962	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Quadroon, 1972
Quadroon, 1972	Promotional flyer
Rainbow Bridge, 1972	Press book; Starring Jimi Hendrix.
Regeneration, 1923		Romance in Southern Seas featuring Stella Mayo, Sensational Colored Screen Beauty. All-Colored Cast, contains a detailed list of proposed upcoming production and text emphasizing that Norman is the only Company making Colored Pictures that owns and operates its own studio and laboratory.
Riot, 1969	Press book; Starring Jim Brown.
Riot, 1969	Promotional booklet The Prison Record
Robin and the 7 Hoods, 1964	Press book	Sammy Davis Jr. in one of the famous Rat Pack films with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, et al. Bogle II, p. 214-5: On the surface the clan pictures were egalitarian affairs; underneath they rotted from white patronizing and hypocrisy
Rock Baby, Rock It, 1957		B-movie rock musical showcased calypso group the Five Stars.
Rock Baby, Rock It, 1957	Promotional flyer
Rocky III, 1982	Advertising supplement

Box 4

Item Title	Description	Annotation
Sam Whiskey, 1969	Press book; Starring Ossie Davis.
Sapphire, 1959		Rare film about Afro-British life, a mystery about a young woman attempting to pass.
Save the Children, 1973	Press book; Featuring Jesse Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., the Chi-Lites, Nancy Wilson, and the Temptations	Concert film from the 1972 Operation PUSH exposition in Chicago, interspersed with documentary footage of the period.
Save the Children, 1973	Advertising sheets
Scalphunters, The, 1968	Advertising supplement (#2)
Scream, Blacula, Scream, 1973	British press book
Scream, Blacula, Scream, 1973	Starring William Marshall.
Seizure, 1974	Press book; Starring Henry Baker.
Shaft in Africa, 1973	Press book; Starring Richard Roundtree.
Shaft, 1971	Press book	One of the legendary films which launched the Blaxploitation film cycle of the 1970s.
Shaft's Big Score!, 1972	Press book	Director Gordon Parks and Richard Roundtree teamed up again for this first sequel.
Shaft's Big Score!, 1972	Press book
Shock Corridor, 1963	Promotional brochure
Silver Streak, 1976	Press book	The first of a very successful series of comedies pairing Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.
Skin Game, 1971	Press book; Starring Lou Gossett, Jr.
Slams, The, 1973	Press book; Starring Jim Brown and Judy Pace.
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, 1973	Starring Jim Brown and Brock Peters.
Slaves, The, 1969	Starring Dionne Warwick and Ossie Davis	Official entry 1969 Cannes Film Festival.
Slender Thread, The, 1965	Starring Sidney Poitier.
Soul of Nigger Charley, 1973	Press book; Starring Fred Williamson.
Soul of Nigger Charley, 1973	Advertising sheets
Soul Soldier, 1970		Very early entry in the Blaxploitation cycle starring athlete Rafer Johnson.
Soul to Soul, 1971	Press book; Starring Roberta Flack and Wilson Pickett.
Sparkle, 1976	Starring Irene Cara and Lonette McKee.
Split, The, 1968	Campaign book; Starring Jim Brown and Diahann Carroll.
St. Louis Blues, 1958	Theatre program; Starring Eartha Kitt, Nat King Cole, Ruby Dee, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, and Mahalia Jackson	Theatre program from Germany, with an elegant photomontage of images from the film.
Stormy Weather, 1943	Souvenir program	Famous wartime musical which made use of an astonishing virtual who's who of top African-American talents. Lena Horne. Fats Waller. The Nicholas Brothers. Cab Calloway. Bill Robinson. All promotional materials from this film are extremely scarce. This is a nicely illustrated souvenir program from Denmark.
Sugar Hill, 1974	Starring Marki Bey.
Super Fly T.N.T., 1973	Press book; Starring Ron O'Neal.
Super Fly T.N.T., 1973	Advertising sheets
Super Fly, 1972	Press book; Starring Ron O'Neal.
Swashbuckler, 1976	Advertising supplement
Sweet Jesus Preacher Man, 1973	Press book; Starring Roger E. Mosely.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, 1971	Press book	Melvin Van Peebles (director). [This is an extremely rare press book, all original materials from this film seem to have vanished a long time ago.]
Take A Hard Ride, 1975	Ad supplement
Teenage Millionaire, 1962	Press book; Starring Jackie Wilson and Chubby Checker.
That Man Bolt, 1973	Press book; Starring Fred Williamson.
That Man Bolt, 1973	Advertising supplement
That's the Way of the World, 1975	Press book; Starring the group Earth, Wind, and Fire.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs, 1970	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Three the Hard Way, 1974	Starring Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, and Jim Kelly. Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.
Tick. . . Tick. . . Tick. . ., 1970	Starring Jim Brown. [A small area of blank margin to one leaf is missing, with no content affected].
To Kill A Mockingbird, 1967	1967 reissue of 1962 film; Starring Brock Peters	Reissue on a double bill with, of all the possible unlikely choices, a Doris Day comedy.
To Sir, With Love, 1966	Starring Sidney Poitier.
To Sir, With Love, 1966	Advertising press book insert	Multiple-run and hold over advertising press book insert.
Top of the Heap, 1972	Starring Christopher St. John (also producer, writer, and director). Early entry in the Blaxploitation cycle. Bogle II, p. 241.
Topaz, 1969	Advertising booklet; Starring Roscoe Lee Browne
Topaz, 1969	Advertising sheets
Towering Inferno, The, 1974	Press book; Starring O.J. Simpson.
Toy, The, 1982	Special advertising printout
Trouble Man, 1972	Starring Robert Hooks and Paula Kelly.
Truck Turner, 1974	Starring Isaac Hayes.
Truck Turner, 1974	Promotional newsletter; Starring Isaac Hayes	Special promotional piece in the form of a newsletter, International Bail Bond News.
Truck Turner, 1974	Press book	Special press book for a double-bill release with Foxy Brown (1974).
Twilight Zone-The Movie, 1983	British campaign book; Starring Scatman Crothers.
Two Gentlemen Sharing, 1969	Starring Hal Frederick and Esther Anderson	Unusual but sensationally-treated story of mixed race couples.
Uptight!, 1968	Starring Ruby Dee and Roscoe Lee Browne.
Warm December, A, 1973	Press book; Starring Sidney Poitier.
Watermelon Man, 1970	Press book insert
Watusi, 1959	Starring Rex Ingram.
Watusi, 1959	Promotional booklet
Winterhawk, 1976	Starring Woody Strode.
Woodstock, 1970		Legendary rock musical showcases Sly and the Family Stone, Richie Havens, and, of course, Jimi Hendrix.
World, The Flesh and the Devil, The, 1959	Press book; Starring Harry Belafonte	Science-fiction film in which Belafonte is one of only three survivors of a nuclear holocaust, produced by Belafonte.
World's Greatest Athlete, The, 1973	Ad pad
Wusa, 1970	Starring Moses Gunn.
Zircon, 1920		Flyer for unproduced film serial of the 1920s featuring 15 chapters. Also features advertisements for films Regeneration, The Crimson Skull, Green Eyed Monster, and The Bull Dogger.

Box 5

Item Title	Description	Annotation
Across 110th Street, 1972	pressbook
Anna Lucasta, 1959	pressbook
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men, 1974	pressbook
Black Eye, 1974	pressbook
Black Gestapo, 1973	lithograph print
Black Heat, 1976	pressbook
Black Samson, 1974	pressbook
Black Samurai, 1976	pressbook
Black Shampoo, 1976	pressbook
Blacula, 1972	lobby card
Bright Road, 1953	pressbook, lobby card
Bright Road, 1953	press photographs
Brother John, 1971	pressbook
Buck and the Preacher, 1972	pressbook
Carbon Copy, 1981	pressbook
Carmen Jones, 1954	Lobby cards (2)	Poster is in color and shows actor Harry Belafonte, standing, kissing the feet of actress Dorothy Dandridge, who is sitting on the edge of a table. Visible graphic dimensions: 10.75x13.75 inches.
Change of Mind, 1969	premiere program
Cleopatra Jones, 1973	premier program
Color Purple, 1985	pressbook
Coonskin, 1974	pressbook
Cornbread, Earl and Me, 1975	pressbook
Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970	pressbook
Countdown at Kusini, 1976	pressbook
Detroit 9000, 1973	pressbook
Double Possession (a.k.a. Ganja & Hess), 1973	pressbook
Education of Sonny Carson, 1974	pressbook
Fight Never Ends, The, 1948	press photographs
Foxy Brown, 1974	sell sheets
Friday Foster, 1976	pressbook
God's Step Children, 1938	Lobby card	Directed by Oscar Micheaux. From the story Naomi, Negress. Poster, circa 1938, is in color and shows a seated man on left, bending over a distressed woman lying sick in bed. Visible graphic dimensions: 10.75x13.75 inches.
Gone Are the Days, 1963	pressbook
Greatest, The, 1977	pressbook
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967	pressbook
Home of the Brave, 1949	pressbook
Honky, 1971	pressbook
If He Hollers Let Him Go!, 1968	pressbook
J. D.'s Revenge, 1976	pressbook
Jive Turkey, 1976	pressbook
Legend of Nigger Charley, 1972	pressbook
Monkey Hustle, 1976	pressbook
Norman ... Is That You?, 1976	pressbook
Nothing But a Man, 1964	pressbook
Organization, The, 1971	pressbook
Penitentiary, 1979	pressbook
Piece of the Action, A, 1977	pressbook
Pipe Dreams, 1976	pressbook
Raisin in the Sun, A, 1961	pressbook
Return of Mandy's Husband, 1948	Lobby cards (6)	Group of six half-tone lobby cards. 11x14 inches; some small stains here and there. Florida: Toddy Films, 1948. One of a series of Toddy Films' comedies featuring Mantan Moreland.
Savage, 1973	pressbook
Slaughter, 1972	premiere program
Solomon King, 1974	pressbook
Sounder, 1972	pressbook
Spook Who Sat by the Door, The, 1973	pressbook
Story of a Three-Day Pass, 1968	pressbook
Take a Hard Ride, 1975	pressbook
Take, The, 1974	pressbook
Tamango, 1958	lobby cards
Thing with Two Heads, The, 1972	pressbook
Three Tough Guys, 1974	pressbook
Together Brothers, 1974	pressbook
Trouble Man, 1972	pressbook
Uptown Saturday Night, 1974	pressbook

Box 6

Item Title	Description	Annotation
Car Wash, 1976	pressbook
The Cool World, circa 1963	Pressbook; directed by Shirley Clarke.
Trick Baby, 1973	pressbook
Which Way Is Up?, 1977	pressbook
Willie Dynamite, 1974	pressbook