Poster for the Federal Theatre Project’s 1938 production of The Emperor Jones

Fig. 2. Poster for the all-Black Federal Theatre Project’s 1938 production of The Emperor Jones in Salem, Massachusetts. Library of Congress, Music Division, Federal Theatre Project Collection

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

Poster for the all-Black Federal Theatre Project’s 1938 production of The Emperor Jones in Salem Massachusetts.
Creator(s)	Federal Theatre Project
Contributor(s)	O'Neill, Eugene (playwright) Coleman, Ralph (director)
Subjects	African American Studies Theater and Performance American Studies Literary Studies:American Literature
Date	1938
Related Section	Chapter 1
Keywords	Federal Theatre Project Negro Unit The Emperor Jones Eugene O'Neill African American Theater
Content Type	poster
Language	English
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	LOC says there's no copyright: "The Library of Congress is not aware of any copyright in the materials in the Federal Theatre Project collection. Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees, including for the Federal Theatre Project, are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. The Library of Congress has no objection to their international use. Accordingly, such works are free to use and reuse.
Copyright Status	public domain
Credit Line	Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division, Federal Theatre Project Collection.
Holding Contact	Library of Congress, Federal Theatre Project, 1935 - 39

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