TITLE

WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG

PUB. DATE

September 1948

SOURCE

Ebony;Sep1948, Vol. 3 Issue 11, p13

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Photographs of several notable African Americans during their childhood and adolescent years including contralto Marian Anderson, former Virgin Islands Governor William Hastie and dancer Katherine Dunham are presented.

ACCESSION #

48407596

Tags: ANDERSON, Marian, 1897-1993;  HASTIE, William, 1904-1976;  DUNHAM, Katherine;  AFRICAN Americans;  PHOTOGRAPHIC images

 

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