1940s black actors: 60 Photos
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Hollywood experienced a bit of an identity crisis during the 1940s. On one hand, Hollywood created three of the biggest films featuring an all-Black cast; The Green Pastures, Stormy Weather, and Cabin in the Sky.
During this time, there was a surge of well-known entertainers, including Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (Cabin in the Sky, 1943), and Lena Horne (Stormy Weather, 1942), who took their musical talents to the big screen.
Icons like Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Cosby, Alvin Childress, and Flip Wilson of the 1950's and 1960's through their portrayal in media brought their experiences through perseverance, strife, and overcoming racism real and allowed for the changes seen today to be made possible.
Sam Lucas became the first Black actor to be cast in a leading role in a mainstream film, appearing in the 1914 film Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Peter P.
However, the high cost of color production in the 1940s meant most films were black and white.
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