Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen examines advertising posters as primary records of Black theater and film from the 1870s to the 1940s. The works trace how Black performers and creators asserted agency and complexity in representation as storytelling shifted from stage to screen. The posters document cultural innovation, self-determined narratives, and the visual strategies used to address Black audiences amid limited preservation of performances and films.
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