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Rita Novello, who would later perform professionally as Dona Drake, entered the world in 1914 into a social landscape where the color line in American entertainment was enforced with ruthless precision, effectively barring Black performers from the leading roles and romantic parts that white audiences were expected to inhabit on screen ...
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