Draft:Harry Levette
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Harry Levette was an actor and journalist. He was a columbist and poet. He was lead sports editor and an entertainment reporter for the California Eagle in Los Angeles.
He wrote about the opening of Club Alabam in Los Angeles.[1] He wrote about Black competitors in the 1932 Olympics.[2] He wrote a poem about Eddie Tolan.[3] He wrote highly of performer Louise Franklin.
He wrote about the qqLafayette Players]] and subsequent changing tastes in Hollywood and how darker shades of Black performers became desieable.[4]
Various papers ran his articles including Rhe Atlanta Daily World.[5]
Filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Club Alabam Was The Center Of LA's Jazz Scene In The 1930s And '40s". LAist. August 25, 2020.
- ^ "1932 Olympics: What was it like for Tidye Pickett & Louise Stokes?". The Black Sportswoman. April 1, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Patrick B. (February 18, 2003). The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-02820-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Black L.A. 1947: When Hollywood 'Toned Down' Black Actors". June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Preview unavailable - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 490590358.