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Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Mattie Peters (sometimes credited as Mammy Peters) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As a Black actress, few roles were open to her during the silent era, so she often appeared in "mammy" roles.
[150] [148] [151] [152] As well, some lesbians protested the fact that lesbian transgender woman Sandy Stone was employed at Olivia Records as Olivia's sound engineer from ca. 1974-1978, recording and mixing all Olivia product during this period.
Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) [1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer.
Carpenter paid Holman's $25,000 bail at the Rockingham County Courthouse in Wentworth, North Carolina. Holman wore a heavy veil and dark dress, and bystanders and reporters thought she was black or of mixed race—a common misconception because of her olive skin tone. [2] Holman left for Cincinnati to seek the help of her father, who was a lawyer.
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