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Run Little Chillun, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown.

Run Little Chillun, Los Angeles, [193-]. 'Federal Music and Theatre Projects Present: "Run Little Chillun" - A Negro Folk Drama with Music by Hall Johnson - Greek Open Air Theatre, Griffith Park...'. The first Broadway show directed by an African-American; one of the most successful musical dramas of the Harlem Renaissance. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the US Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theatre workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theatre to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.

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Title: Run Little Chillun, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown.

Caption: Run Little Chillun, Los Angeles, [193-]. 'Federal Music and Theatre Projects Present: "Run Little Chillun" - A Negro Folk Drama with Music by Hall Johnson - Greek Open Air Theatre, Griffith Park...'. The first Broadway show directed by an African-American; one of the most successful musical dramas of the Harlem Renaissance. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the US Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theatre workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theatre to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.

Personalities: FRANCIS HALL JOHNSON • HALL JOHNSON

Credit: Album / Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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Image size: 3318 × 4960 px | 47.1 MB

Print size: 28.1 × 42.0 cm | 1306.3 × 1952.8 in (300 dpi)

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