African American Music and Film History, St. Louis Blues Lobby Card Archive Featuring Nat King Cole and Eartha Kitt, 1958
Cole, Nat “King” (subject). St. Louis Blues lobby card archive, 1958, documents the representation of African American musical heritage in mid-twentieth-century American cinema, centered on the life and legacy of W. C. Handy. The material captures prominent Black performers portraying and interpreting blues and jazz traditions within a studio production.....

