Audience at Bettye Miller's birthday party performance
Audience member seated during Bettye Miller's birthday party performance.
Bearded man in front of an audience
Unidentified bearded African American man speaking or performing in front of an audience at Bettye Miller's birthday party. A suitcase is at his feet and the audience is standing along the all. Part...
Bettye Miller greeting fans
Bettye Miller greeting fans. She's speaking with a white man and an African American man holding a hat and possibly a performance program looks on.
Bettye Miller playing on stage
Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind them. Microphones are also set up on stage and an...
Bettye Miller playing piano
Bettye Miller playing piano and turning around to look over at the camera. An unidentified bassist (likely Milt Abel) is partially seen next to her. Three audience members (two white women and a white...
Bettye Miller playing piano during her birthday party
Bettye Miller playing piano during her birthday party. Two unidentified men, one standing, are behind her watching as she plays.
Bettye Miller playing piano during her birthday party
Bettye Miller playing piano during her birthday party. A cymbal from a drum set is seen at her left and a group of people are seen behind her.
Bettye Miller singing and playing piano
Bettye Miller singing while playing the piano during her birthday party. An unidentified man is seated behind her.
Bettye Miller with Milt Abel
Milt Abel, double bass, and Bettye Miller, piano, playing in front of an audience (primarily white men seen). The photo is taken from behind and to the side of Miller and Abel. Abel is wearing a...
Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, and unidentified drummer
Bettye Miller (piano), Milt Abel (double bass), and an unidentified drummer perform for a small audience during Miller's birthday party.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking
Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a large crowd with a drawing of mountains and the words "I've Been to the Mountain Top" in the wide border under the photograph. The speech was given...
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing bass in front of a microphone. Photo taken from the side with members of the audience shown (white men and women). The woman at the far left is smoking a cigarette.
Milt Abel playing bass
Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are seen. They have drinks on a table in front of them.
Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party
Unidentified band performing in front of an audience at Bettye Miller's birthday party. The audience is partially seen. An unidentified man is standing in front of the band, but his role is unclear.
Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party
Performers in a line in front of an audience with a band behind them. The photo is taken from behind the audience, which is partially seen. It's unclear exactly what the performers are doing.
Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party
Unidentified white woman singing with an unidentified African American male bassist performing in front of an audience during Bettye Miller's birthday party. Photo taken from behind the audience which...
Performers at Bettye Miller's birthday party
Unidentified white woman singing with an African American male bassist and white male guitarist in front of an audience during Bettye Miller's birthday party.
Playing to a large audience
Bettye Miller, piano, and Milt Abel, double bass, performing in front of a large crowd of white men and women standing in front of them. Photo taken from behind Miller's piano looking toward the crowd...
Saxophonist at Bettye Miller's birthday party
Saxophonist standing in the middle of an unidentified band during Bettye Miller's birthday party. Two audience members are partially seen from behind.
Scene from "Negroid Evolution"
Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women are on stage dressed as enslaved persons in front of cotton plant props while they sing. One...
Scene from "Negroid Evolution"
Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women standing on stage and looking out to the audience. Some are in formal clothes, some in...
Scene from "Negroid Evolution"
Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women dressed as enslaved persons standing in front of props designed to look like cotton plants. A...
Scene from "Negroid Evolution"
Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women, dressed in 19th century costumes, are lying in a crowded group on the floor of the stage. The...