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Kenya Barris Inks Deal To Direct Reimagining Of “The Wizard Of Oz”

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1940

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Waters, Ethel, 1896?–1977, African-American singer and actress, b. Chester, Pa. As a singer, she is noted for her sultry, sophisticated, and dramatic version of the blues, evinced in her interpretations of Am I Blue, Dinah, Heat Wave, Stormy Weather, and other songs. After beginning in

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(1862) John S. Rock, “A Deep and Cruel Prejudice”

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