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George A. and Maudelle Weston audio collection : 3 items.
- Title
- George A. and Maudelle Weston audio collection : 3 items.
- Author
- Weston, George A. and Maudelle
- Publication
- [1982]
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- Description
- 3 audiocassettes
- Summary
- The collection consists of 3 audio recordings related to Reverend Weston's career in theology and politics.
- Subjects
- Sound recordings
- Christian sects > United States
- Back to Africa movement
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African American dancers
- African American clergy
- Black theology
- African Americans > Religion
- African American families
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- Weston, Maudelle
- Weston, George A., 1885-1973
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- George Weston, born 1885 in Green Bay, Antigua, was a minister of the African Orthodox Evangelical Mission, leader in the Marcus Garvey movement, and vice president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Renewed interest in Garvey and the UNIA created a demand for the recollections and reminiscences of someone who had been directly involved in the movement. In 1971 he spoke at a Stanford University seminar on the Garvey Movement and the development of Black Consciousness. That year he also spoke at Lafayette College at a six day Black Arts Festival. Weston died in 1973 at the age of eighty-eight. His wife, Maudelle Weston, was a dancer. Maudelle performed on stage, television, and in films. Maudelle was among the first African American women to dance on Broadway in Agnes DeMille Company's "Black Ritual" (1940). She also gave performance lectures featuring several African and African influenced dances and songs. These performances were held in churches and museums all over the country. Her goal was to expose people to African and African American cultures. Maudelle was also known for her modelling. While in Mexico she modelled for artist Diego Rivera.
- Call Number
- Sc MIRS Weston 1982-62
- OCLC
- 1199300558
- Author
- Weston, George A. and Maudelle, creator.
- Title
- George A. and Maudelle Weston audio collection : 3 items.
- Publisher
- [1982]
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- Added Author
- Yard, Lionel M.Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MIRS Weston 1982-62