Photos taken by writer, photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) in 1950s Harlem:

Actor James Earl Jones, writer James Baldwin, Billie Holiday

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Photos taken by writer, photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) in 1950s Harlem:

writer Zora Neal Hurston, singer Joyce Bryant, actress Carmen De Lavallade

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