Lorenzo Tucker

Behind the scenes he worked as a producer, company manager, publicity person, lighting designer, photographer, and actors’ 10 union administrator. In addition, Tucker was a firsthand witness to the history of African American theater and film from the late 1920s until his death in 1986. During his later years, he amassed a large collection of African American theater and film memorabilia, 15 and these artifacts, along with his personal memories, help shed new light on a part of U.S. entertainment history about which, so far, there has been insufficient scholarship