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Negro Actors Guild of America
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Negro_Actors_Guild_of_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:organization
gptkbp:dissolved
1981
gptkbp:field
gptkb:dance
gptkb:film
gptkb:music
gptkb:theatre
performing arts
gptkbp:founded
1937
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Negro Actors Guild of America
gptkbp:location
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notableAction
advocating for fair employment
fighting discrimination in entertainment industry
organizing benefits and events
providing financial aid to members
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:W.C._Handy
gptkb:Clarence_Muse
gptkb:Eddie_Anderson
gptkb:Moms_Mabley
gptkb:Fredi_Washington
gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Noble_Sissle
gptkb:Bill_Robinson
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:James_P._Johnson
gptkb:Stepin_Fetchit
gptkb:Edna_Thomas
gptkb:Juano_Hernandez
gptkb:Jeni_Le_Gon
gptkb:Ethel_Waters
gptkb:Lena_Horne
gptkb:J._Rosamond_Johnson
gptkb:Ada_Brown
gptkb:Layton_&_Johnstone
gptkb:Dooley_Wilson
gptkb:Eddie_Green
gptkb:Jimmie_Lunceford
gptkb:Canada_Lee
gptkb:Eddie_Rochester_Anderson
gptkb:Florence_Mills
gptkb:Oscar_Polk
gptkb:Butterbeans_and_Susie
Eubie Blake
Fats Waller
Richard B. Harrison
gptkbp:purpose
advocacy for African-American performers
gptkbp:successor
Theater and Film unions
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Fredi_Washington
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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