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DreamWorks Animation

CTL-E-1776 · Organization · other · 1994-contemporary

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American animation studio. Mellody Hobson was chair and stepped down after negotiating its August 2016 acquisition by NBCUniversal.

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RELP44 supporting entity for CTL-E-1470.

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Press room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899Photo: Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inside a dress shop on 47th Street, Chicago's Black business corridor, Chicago, 1941
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A men's furnishings counter on 47th Street, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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