Tag: African American history

A Treasury of African-American Films Made For African-American Audiences

By Guttersnipe on January 19, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The Riverbends Genealogical and Historical Society has a collection of “race movies”: “The ‘race movie’ or ‘race film’ was a film genre which existed in the United States between about 1915 and 1950. It consisted of films produced for an all-black audience, featuring black casts. In all, approximately […]

RIP, Sheila Guyse

By Guttersnipe on January 19, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Actor and singer Sheila Guyse has died. Guyse appeared on Broadway, most notably in “Finian’s Rainbow” and in “race films” with all-African-American casts catering to African-American audiences in the 1940s and 1950s. The New York Times has an obituary. Nina Mae McKinney has a tribute to Guyse. Here […]