A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ~ AND PRIVACY ACTS
,-.- SUBJECT: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE A 1
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FREEDOM OF INFORNIATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
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August 88, 1958
1-=-- - - I'll LIAISOI =1 - . I ' i - _§s__"cz_z/ mail; i . ' p0R_0!'5!. MIME, aleo known ae I _ , - ~52?-"a.'§,';? Dorothy 12. ioholae _. " 6311* --J :2--'.,-.- . Born: Ioaenher 9, -1932 A -»- -' u" .- . Cleveland, Ohi u-" _ _2=~ _f /L/it /'/fr/-/-J /1Z="-' r--r-~--~ "5 _ -. n _ 92 . , 7 Io inueetiyation hae been oonduoted by the 1'8! relative to the oaptioned individual. However, our reoorde - :§: %~-Qfgfrefleotfollowing the informationoonoerning here" f92"_".'J 92 .. 3 1' .' " ' I . IV . u O ! On July 80, 1952, a confidential eouroe farniehed 3 ; a letter dated July 22, 1968, written by Dorothy Dandridge 1 to an official of Loea='e, whichIna. pertained toyartiolee E which had appeared in the ".:Iai1y People '0l orld,"" loeet ooaet camlunilt newspaper. Ihe pertinent. portione of the letter _- - follow ~ I ~- "c'ertainlneuepaper reportohave been brought to my A A I | attention which I would like to oonnent on. . I - '1.re e/14/er - One Dorothy Bandridgewill appear .____: at a party Saturday -night, larch 32nd at 8118 Hobart Streot, E 92. Loo lngeleo, auepiaea Rational Negro Gonyreee. - - 1 ."l' appearedat this party believing that tho Hational Negro Gangreneval aeeoaiated with the Rational Aeaooiation for I the Advancementof Colored People IAAGP!, a well recognized A organization. I vent with lyhueband, Harold Iioholae. I vent" for aooial reaeone and because I was interested in the Iegro E l community. I honeetly can'treaoaber who aeked ae to attend. E: 9-1 . 92 :1 "2. PI 8/80/4'? DorothyDanaridge amongthoee who -- -
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"1'not did speak, however, I was asked to sing by a so member of the prograa connittee, whose name I can't reneaber. --_--H4- . _~.-,.--'_ As an entertainer, I-have been asked by hundreds of organisations 1 an?... . daring the past seven years to appear at benefits, the naaes of the -individuals requesting my appearance has-long since been i"j§-§"i".' forgotten with this event as well as nuneroas others suob as . '=i -' the catholic Iouth Organisation, B"b a__£rith Brotherhood leek, . .';-<;.'Z"f---.'e"r:--' Bed 6 ross, C'erebral_Pa1sy, HeartQazpaign, Pittsburgh Couries, - F11! . - _;,I-.' :' . __§:¢_§_ lonens Clubs that I appeared on. I only remember this as one -1¬* !- of over a hundred benefit appearances I have made and just - another benefit. ' _ "8. Pl 9/1?/4? - One Dorothy Dandridge,actress, on ballot for executive board of nollywood Arts, Sciences and Professions Council. ' "1 ms a aenber of the Hollywood 4;-ts, Sciences and Professions iiouncili I voluntarily becaae a neaber when l read that several prominent personalities in show business were active, such as £1-Jarvis and Norman *-'or1ain- believed_I it would further mycareer and that it would help neabers of my race. I never held nor sought an office with this organ is-ation ¢...._... nor mas I an active member; As I have not been participating in this nor paid any dues for many years, I have written-then a letter of resignation as of this date so as to ovoid there - a- being any possibility of then considering ne a aember. - '4.re 9/10/es One Dorothy"Dandridge studentat - Actors ' _1'-ab. - - "fee, I joined the Actorsi I-ab because tnis workshop was one of the /em outlets available to a young actress of ny race seeking actual workshop training. Attending -the Lab was in direct relationship with my theatrical ambition. ' "5. Pl 9/4/51 one Dorothy 1-Iandriiige, young ifegro Actress, student at the Lab has conaented Ha an actress and student of the Lab, I an anxious to know whether liedda Hopper t considers the democratic policy of the Lab, wherein students are accepted on ability, a subversive policys -U she does, she advocates a policy which is an-Anerican and subversive and fans the flanss of race hatred. '" A '
i '1' thenoticed date of this alleged quotation is .1951. First of all, I was not a student at the Lab at this tine and to
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my knowledge the Lab was no longer in existence at this date. I recall one incident_regarding Hedda Hopper while I was a student at the Lab. ihat-dedda Hopper said did affect ae and or ' l did express concern. However, the exact wording qr this' particular gestation is not the hind qf language I use bat .l n sure no one could'object to my expressing concern. 'bl} -. I would like to close by saying that I an not-now $%é'/éor ever have been a member of the Jbnnanist Party or Goaaunist _1¬n; :.'~ ' 5 Party Political Association nor have 1 ever aade any donations ;,,__. A 9r to these parties. Had I known that any af the above organisations A would later be cited as obnnunistic and or subversive, l would. never 3893 parsicipated. I have at no time been active politically. Hy sole interests are towards having a successful career and aiding my peoPle," Letteramong many by various indivim furnished by James FL 0 Neil, Director of Publications, American n - ln reference to ltea 5 quoted above, our records reflect an article which appeared in the "Daily iorher," east coast canuunist nexspaper_aated cbptenber 22, l9¢8, captioned "dedda dapper hacped fbr-Anti-eegro Bias which relates to the incident referred to by ies vandridge. 00-294936-A! Regarding the organisations referred to by Rise Dandridge the EdtiOnd1 Eegro Uongress has seen designated by the Attorney General of'the United States pursuant to lxecutive Order l0450,_ ,Ihe Progressive ditixens of America was cited by the oblifbrnia .,.-_.-_-. committee on Un-American Activities in its 194? and 1948 reports. An informant who has fhrnished reliable information in the past advised on ay 15, 1956, that until January 3, An informant who has furnished reliable information in the past reported on iboruary 21, 1955, that an enployee of 5 the bonds £0¢0l, has F¢g08, bcvada, who we a gambler fro: the east coast, had advised the inforaant that Jack hntratter, part owner of the Sands hotel ana who was in charge of the bgnd8'o ' dopa loom, found Hat King vole and oorothy bqndridgd toyetner .n do1e's roan at-the hotel. vole was appearing as a star in the oopa noon at the tine. Ihe informant stated that sntrattcr oecane jhrioas with dale fbr having an "q fair" with ooroth; vandridge and threatened nil.- Lqnaridge-reportedly told ' *Legion, which he asked be treated confidentially; 100-l38?54~9??1 "" . 7'" I55 =" "' 2"_" :. .," " - --- . -4- ~:: ." I '* - '- , '. ._,.---1,, _ -- ' ,. .,. " .- =_.1< ~..- 7' 1- . _ .- .- |;_=,_,___. ~-,- :-";~.; - ~_92- ,___. ,3." -2 _ ,,|-'-;-=»';-=.,_--. 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Ihe informant further advised that intratter was /wrlerlg manager and part owner of the Copacabana in rec fork ditg and JG ._ . . _. _, has reportedly spent s great deal of tine and nosey prosoting DandI'idge'l career and that Intratter considered her his girl - 2' -" -'.. _'92.'|"j_§ f*""' or su=2:s-Q; 62-9514?-44-591! _- e 7 _ 13,2. n; _'7-':"..11 On lag 10, 1955, Agents of the III arrested Louis Arlan; 7,-g'_'» .-_, Kerr-at lea Orleans, Louisiana, on a federal warrant charging s- -' violation of the Interstate transportation of Stolen Property Statat lhile being interviewed concerning the federal charge on which he was arrested, Kerr volunteered information that he was a homosexual- on furnished the noses of 45 individuals with who! he claimed to have had honosezual-relations since 1951. Kerr also stated that he had a long standing friendship with Iorothg Landridge,'Iegro movie actress. However, he added that she nae in no wag a so: deviate. '- The reliability of Kerr is unknown. 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' . i 5 rm-scan- .12-1:-ss: , g . _| _- FBI Date: ' Transmit the following in _ Type__ 'in plain text I or code! __ 'I _ =,._ _ - ' = AIRTEL ' AIR MAIL - . .-. 3;;"I ,,._.,1, Via __: I '_ _ as_- .' - I _ I . PriorityI or Method or of Hailing] , 1 | 'If, ' - I n 111IQ11-11!» ____...____.______..._____...____...__._.__..;______.L_.____.__._. - i 'ro=u DIRECTGR, FBI " f FROM: ' sA_c,-nos ancnxas 57-630! ' 92 I 92 RE: RALLY $P°"S°R1=*>.'"B¥*wA1¥Ir>H »- - AT WBIGIEY FIELD, _ ~ A$S0CIATIOH-.R0B.TElLADvANcm~mnl1_ _ OF COLORED__1?__E§QPLjE, ET AL . ' ms iANGE1.Es gcnmomaxr s 00; cIALmArrE n"é""?%_ LOS ANGELES e I ///0 ; <4... Re Los Angeles airtels to the Bureau dated_5/21 and 21¢/63 and teletype dated 5/26/63. _ There are enclosed for the Bureau 8 copies of a L letterhead memorandum setting-forth information regarding _? the captioned rally. One copy of this memorandum is being furnished to the 115th INTO, Region II, U. S. Army, Pasadena, California. g - w #' I,/ §:%ureau AM! RM!8! Enc. 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The meeting lasted from about 3:00 p. m. - J until 5:30 p. m. and it was describedas the argest rally of i its sort ever to be held in Los Angeles, Ca fornia. The - - featured speaker was ReverendMartin Luthe_ ng, E;esidan§_v,p of the_$9uthernChristianlIéadérs 1pPConfé"ence, who spokeint" sssssrc of the Birmingham non-violence movement.He comented on events in Birmingham and remarked that they would be ' helped bygetting rid of segregationand discriminationin Los' Angeles, CaLifOrnia.King alsostated that President Kennedy should personally escort Negrostudents into the University _ of Alabama and issue an executive order declaring that segre- gation is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, _ f" There were numerous introductionsand comme ts'by' T, people in he entertainment world. '0neof the more celebrated- Q r . _ VJ was Sammyigavis,Jr., whowas reportedto have pledged $20,000;O0 J s. ti " whicH was said tb"represent one weekls earnings in Las_Vegas,-» 1 '-Z Hsuada. There were also various donations from individuals, l . / churches, uions, and other organizations, and a collection , was takenfrom the audience. These proceeds were requested for parthe Birmingham icipatedwere actresses demonstrators. Dorothy;£andridge,.Jpanne72oodwand, _The her céiebrities w o f;_@g_ Lgita 1_prenq1*and ranciosa, gl errer, wife,May:¬itt;Davis'san ss _oodward's 'The'actors-includedPaul"' husband, *1. . ..- } - ,~ / _§Newman,.'UomedianDickjggegory alsospoke atthe rally;-tPl* " .<==I "-g,» w California 'chwas read at Governorthe rally ownV se ta messagevggpporting ' ' ;LL4:S /" /rthe §;§h,=a> meeting -.. U. -- I r __~ I * i3$?F 4'P7 """ "T2? * "%-is- A, - ~'- 1 _; /'<-1- 1 I,75,41/_;| /.;.£-I:/f7"', ¢,;__,;7 / - ; § , ----- . -:=':':s92%~92<<92~_ . - i1 " L Il