Article: Blackface/Boldface/Typeface: The Black Image & the Word

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Author, John T. Reddick

My first visual introduction to the African American performing team of Bert Williams and George Walker was more than two decades ago during a visit to the Connecticut home of Hugh and Cynthia Stubbs-Hill. There, I was introduced to the giant poster advertising “Williams & Walker’s Own Big Company,” currently on view in the Poster House exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen. The sheer scale and power of this composition literally stopped me in my tracks. 

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Through Sunday, September 6 · FREE · tickets local_activity · add to calendar today 2026-07-16 09:00:00 2026-09-06 17:00:00 America/New_York Article: Blackface/Boldface/Typeface: The Black Image & the Word https://harlemonestop.com/event/34981/article-blackfaceboldfacetypeface-the-black-image-the-word POSTER HOUSE, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011