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Additional authors

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Description

1. 17 audiocassettes

Summary

1. The collection consists of 17 audio recordings and 2 moving image recordings documenting his role as a labor leader.

Subject

1. Video recordings
2. Sound recordings
3. Labor unions
4. African American labor leaders
5. African Americans > Segregation
6. Actors > United States
7. African American entertainers
8. African American theater > New York (State) > New York
9. African Americans in the performing arts
10. African American actors
11. Afro-American Guild of Performing Artists
12. Actors' Equity Association
13. Coordinating Council for Negro Performers
14. American Negro Theatre
15. Negro Actors Guild of America
16. Associated Actors and Artistes of America
17. American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
18. African-American Labor Center
19. AFL-CIO
20. O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992

Genre/Form

1. Sound recordings.
2. Video recordings.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS O'Neal 1991-12

Source (note)

1. Frederick and Charlotte O'Neal

Biography (note)

1. Frederick O'Neal was an African-American actor and director in theater, motion pictures, radio, and television, as well as a labor leader in performing arts unions. Primarily a character actor, O'Neal began his career in St. Louis, where he organized the Aldridge Players. In 1936, after more than ten years of acting in road companies throughout the West and Midwest, O'Neal settled in New York City. In 1940, together with Abram Hill, he co-founded the American Negro Theatre (ANT) in Harlem. In 1944, he made his Broadway debut in the role of the comic bully in Anna Lucasta with Hilda Simms, which was originally produced by the ANT on its stage and later traveled to London. By the mid-1960s, O'Neal had become active in the Actors' Equity Association (AEA). In 1964, after serving in a number of positions with the union, he was elected president, a post he held until 1973. As the first African-American president of the AEA, he worked with producers to end discrimination in the casting of its members. In 1969, he became a member of the AFL-CIO Council, and from 1970 until his retirement in 1988, he was president of the Associated Actors and Artists of America. O'Neal was also a member of a number of organizations, including the Catholic Interracial Council, for which he served as treasurer; the Catholic Actors Guild (vice president); the Negro Actors Guild (president 1960-1964); the Afro-American Guild of Performing Artists (treasurer); and the American Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, (treasurer). He served on the board of a number of organizations including the African-American Labor Council, A. Philip Randolph Institute, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

Linking entry (note)

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Frederick O'Neal papers,1914-2001. (Sc MG 427). See the Photograhs and Prints Division for the Frederick O'Neal photograph collection (Sc Photo Frederick O'Neal Collection)

Author

1. O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992, creator.

Title

1. Frederick O'Neal audio and moving image collection.

Publisher

1. [1991]

Biography

1. Frederick O'Neal was an African-American actor and director in theater, motion pictures, radio, and television, as well as a labor leader in performing arts unions. Primarily a character actor, O'Neal began his career in St. Louis, where he organized the Aldridge Players. In 1936, after more than ten years of acting in road companies throughout the West and Midwest, O'Neal settled in New York City. In 1940, together with Abram Hill, he co-founded the American Negro Theatre (ANT) in Harlem. In 1944, he made his Broadway debut in the role of the comic bully in Anna Lucasta with Hilda Simms, which was originally produced by the ANT on its stage and later traveled to London. By the mid-1960s, O'Neal had become active in the Actors' Equity Association (AEA). In 1964, after serving in a number of positions with the union, he was elected president, a post he held until 1973. As the first African-American president of the AEA, he worked with producers to end discrimination in the casting of its members. In 1969, he became a member of the AFL-CIO Council, and from 1970 until his retirement in 1988, he was president of the Associated Actors and Artists of America. O'Neal was also a member of a number of organizations, including the Catholic Interracial Council, for which he served as treasurer; the Catholic Actors Guild (vice president); the Negro Actors Guild (president 1960-1964); the Afro-American Guild of Performing Artists (treasurer); and the American Committee for the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, (treasurer). He served on the board of a number of organizations including the African-American Labor Council, A. Philip Randolph Institute, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

Linking entry

1. See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the Frederick O'Neal papers,1914-2001. (Sc MG 427). See the Photograhs and Prints Division for the Frederick O'Neal photograph collection (Sc Photo Frederick O'Neal Collection)

Source

1. Frederick and Charlotte O'Neal Gift

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1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS O'Neal 1991-12