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Frank Boyd, c.1951.
Frank Boyd was a celebrated organizer in Minnesota for the country’s most influential African American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, from 1926 to 1951.
A publicity photograph of Hilda Simms, c.1955.
A promotional photograph of Hilda Simms for the film Black Widow, 1954.
Hilda Simms (right) posed with one of her younger sisters, Laura, c.1955.
Hilda Simms with her mother, Lydia Moses, during a photo shoot for Life Magazine, c.1950.
Hilda Simms (left) posed for a promotional photo for Life Magazine, ca.1945.
Hilda Simms (center right) with Earl Hollman and other actors from the Harlem Theater in New York City, ca. 1943.
Hilda Simms posed for a photo in her dressing room, c.1943.
A promotional photo taken early in Hilda Simms’s acting career, c.1940.