Mission to Moscow, aboard the Europa, 1932. A group of African-American film makers on board a ship to the U.S.S.R.

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Title	Mission to Moscow, aboard the Europa, 1932. A group of African-American film makers on board a ship to the U.S.S.R.
Description	Photograph of a group of 20 African Americans (8 women, 12 men) on the deck of the ship, Europa, enroute to the U.S.S.R. The group is probably the Mechrabpom Film Group whose intent was to produce a film shot in the U.S.S.R. portraying the Soviet Union in a positive way to be used in an effort to pursuade the United States to officially recognize the U.S.S.R. diplomatically and otherwise. Parallels were seen between the relationship of African Americans to the white power structure in the U.S. and a) the Czar and his subjects, b) the Jew in Russia, and c) the female in Russian Turkistan. The group is standing and sitting (in deck chairs) around a lifesaver bearing the words "Europa, Bremen." Only a small part of the deck and its structures are visible in the background. The identified individuals are Loren Miller (top row, far right, in the shade) and Langston Hughes (2nd row from top, 6th from left). Taken in the 2nd week of June 1932.
Subject	Miller, Loren, 1903-1967; Mechrabpom Film Group
Subject (lcsh)	African Americans African Americans--History--1877-1964 Ships Blacks in the motion picture industry Motion pictures--Production and direction Oceans
Subject (naf)	Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Europa (Ship : 1930-1961)
Coverage date	1932-06
Compiler	Joseph, Andrée M.
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1932-06
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., framed 22 x 27 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Language	English
Identifying Number	BHE-019
Legacy Record ID	exbt-m19
Part of collection	Library Exhibits Collection
Part of subcollection	Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999
References	BHE-018 (Paper entitled "The Mechrabpom film group" by Halvor Thomas Miller, Jr.)
Rights	Miller, Halvor Thomas, Jr.
Access Conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	exbt-BHE-019
Archival file	exbt_Volume11/exbt-BHE-019.tiff

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