How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the civil rights movement /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 12 March, 2017 - 21:19

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Feldstein, Ruth,

Source:

p.296 pages : (2013)

ISBN:

9780195314038 (hbk.) :

Call Number:

E185.86

Keywords:

20th century., African American women entertainers, African American women political activists, African Americans, Civil rights, History, Music, Performing arts, Political activity, Political aspects, United States

Notes:

Formerly CIP.Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-272) and index.Introduction: performing civil rights -- "The world was on fire": making New York City subcultures -- "Africa's musical ambassador": Miriam Makeba and the "voice of Africa" in the United States -- "More than just a jazz performer": Nina Simone's border crossings -- "No one asks me what I want": black women, Hollywood, and "integration narratives" in the late 1960s -- "So beautiful in those rags": Cicely Tyson and African American history in the 1970s -- Epilogue.