Lindsay Patterson

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

William H. Booth interviews Lindsay Patterson, editor of the _Anthology of the American Negro Theatre_. The anthology is part of the International Library of Negro Life and History, published by Publishers Co. They discuss the history of African American theater and its struggles, beginning in the 1920s.

https://lccn.loc.gov/67006631

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

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Municipal archives id: T5922

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