Stock Photo - Nina Mae McKinney in Sanders of the River. Nina Mae McKinney (1913-1967) was the first African American actress to star in a Hollywood film Hallelujah! (1929). In the 1930s she worked mostly in the UK in films and on stage. She was also a television pioneer with her own shows on pre-war BBC.

Stock Photo: Nina Mae McKinney in Sanders of the River. Nina Mae McKinney (1913-1967) was the first African American actress to star in a Hollywood film Hallelujah.

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