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The flower curtain that unveiled her coffin and ended her legacy
A flower-draped curtain parts over Evelyn Preer's casket as she whispers, "Where is my baby?"-how does a celebrated Black actress vanish from history?
The flower curtain that unveiled her coffin and ended her legacy
In this episode, we trace Evelyn Preer's rise from Vicksburg to stages and race films, the sudden illness that ended her life, and the missing child she asked about in her final hours. What does it mean when a woman at the center of Black entertainment disappears from the record?
Person: Evelyn Preer
Date: November 17, 1932
Location: funeral with a flower curtain above her casket…
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