- Collection:
- Edmund Orgill Papers
- Title:
- Joan Fontaine and her Negro Screen Lover
- Creator:
- American Nationalist
- Publisher:
- Edmund Orgill Papers, Ms. 87, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1957
- Subject:
- United States--Race relations
Race relations
Race discrimination
Racism--United States
African Americans
African American actors
Actresses--United States
White supremacy movements--United States
Motion picture industry--United States - People:
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 - Location:
- United States, California, Placer County, 39.06343, -120.71766
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white flyer from 1957 published by American Nationalist, a white supremacist, anti-integration group based in California. The flyer warns that the upcoming movie, Island in the Sun, favorably shows two interracial relationships, one between Joan Fontaine and Harry Belafonte. The flyer encourages boycotting the film, movies produced by Daryl Zanuck or 20th Century Fox, and music by Harry Belafonte. It also recommends insisting that local theaters refuse to show the film and distributing copies of the flyer in the community.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8009
- Rights Holder:
- For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room
- Rights:
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