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Junebug Productions records

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Identifier: 411
Content Description Junebug Productions is a professional African American arts organization in New Orleans, Louisiana. Junebug's artistic director for many years was John O'Neal, who co-founded the Free Southern Theater as an artistic extension of the Civil Rights Movement. Junebug's mission to "to create, produce, and present high quality theater, dance and music that inspire and support people who work for justice in the African American community and in the world-at-large" continued the goals and efforts of...
Dates: Other: 1983-1989

John O'Neal papers

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Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates: Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983

Harold Sylvester Papers

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Identifier: 765
Scope and Contents The papers of film and television actor, writer, and producer, Harold Sylvester, span over forty years, highlighting not only his career in Hollywood, but also his early theater work in New Orleans, Louisiana. Of note in the papers is Sylvester's participation as a player in the 1965 secret basketball game between the all-black St. Augustine High School team and the all-white Jesuit High School team in New Orleans. In addition, his time as the first African American basketball scholarship...
Dates: Created: 1965-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1976-2005; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/2014

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