Anita Thompson (other)
Anita Thompson can refer to: * Anita Thompson Dickinson Reynolds (1901–1980), African-American model, dancer, and actress * Anita Thompson, ''née'' Bejmuk, the assistant and wife of Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prom ...

Anita Thompson Dickinson Reynolds
Anita Reynolds ( Thompson, formerly Dickinson; March 28, 1901 – December 1980) was an African American Model (person), model, dancer, and actress. She was one of the first African-American stars of silent film. Life Anita Beatrice Thompson was born in Chicago on March 28, 1901,Reynolds, Anita Thompson Dickinson. ''American cocktail: a "colored girl" in the World''. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2014. p. 61. into a politically engaged middle-class African-American family. She grew up in Los Angeles, California where her mother Beatrice Sumner Thompson, Beatrice Thompson was active in the NAACP including as chapter President. Her father was Samuel Thompson, a Pullman Porter and jewelry wholesale agent. Her nearest uncle was Los Angeles newsman Noah Davis Thompson, Noah Thompson, whose wife was Eloise Bibb Thompson. Another uncle was business efficiency consultant C. Bertrand Thompson. Career Reynolds is considered one of the first Black stars of silent film. In ear ...
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