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Rare Silent Film With Black Cast Makes A Century-Late Debut

Scene still from <em>Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project.</em> Bert Williams, Walker Thompson (standing center), John Wesley Jenkins (seated right). In a concession to white audiences, Williams, the lead, wore blackface, but the other black characters did not. (Museum of Modern Art)
Scene still from Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project. Bert Williams, Walker Thompson (standing center), John Wesley Jenkins (seated right). In a concession to white audiences, Williams, the lead, wore blackface, but the other black characters did not. (Museum of Modern Art)

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