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African-American Stage, Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers

Author : Linda J. Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422223802
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book African-American Stage, Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers written by Linda J. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with fascinating stories, from the night a shy young woman's play changed Broadway to the day the most successful talk show host in history got her start. Find out about the stage actor who once earned letters in four college sports-and who won academic honors, too. Follow the triumphs and disappointments of some of the most famous black entertainers in our nation's history. Rediscover great personalities who have been forgotten. And learn about how the roles of black performers both changed with and helped changed American society. Book jacket.

African Americans in Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers

Author : Linda J. Armstrong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 142229286X
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book African Americans in Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers written by Linda J. Armstrong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with fascinating stories, from the night a shy young woman's play changed Broadway to the day the most successful talk show host in history got her start. Find out about the stage actor who once earned letters in four college sports—and who won academic honors, too. Follow the triumphs and disappointments of some of the most famous black entertainers in our nation's history. Rediscover great personalities who have been forgotten. And learn about how the roles of black performers both changed with and helped changed American society.

African-Americans in Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers

Author : Linda Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book African-Americans in Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers written by Linda Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses black entertainers and the kinds of roles they have played in the years from before the Civil War to the presnt.

African-American Stage, Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers

Author : Linda J. Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422223932
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book African-American Stage, Radio, Film, and TV Entertainers written by Linda J. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses black entertainers and the kinds of roles they have played in the years from before the Civil War to the presnt.

Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960

Author : Bernard L. Peterson Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313065039
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960 written by Bernard L. Peterson Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This directory includes over 500 African American performers and theater people who have made a significant contribution to the American stage from the early 19th century to the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Entries provide succinct biographical and theatrical information gathered from a variety of sources including library theater and drama collections, dissertations and theses, newspaper and magazine reviews and criticism, theater programs, theatrical memoirs, and earlier performing arts directories. Among the professional artists included in this volume are performers, librettists, lyricists, directors, producers, choreographers, stage managers, and musicians. The individuals profiled represent almost every major category and genre of the professional, semiprofessional, regional, and academic stage including minstrelsy, vaudeville, musical theater, and drama. Persons of historical significance are included as well as those stars and theatrical personalities that were well known during their time but who are relatively forgotten today. This comprehensive volume will appeal to theater and musical theater, Black studies, and American studies scholars. Cross-referenced throughout, this reference also includes an extensive bibliography and appendices of other theater personalities excluded from the main text. Separate indexes list the personalities, teams and partnerships, and performing groups, organizations, and companies.

The 100 Most Influential Entertainers of Stage and Screen

Author : Virginia Forte
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN 13 : 1508100438
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The 100 Most Influential Entertainers of Stage and Screen written by Virginia Forte and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents biographies of 100 of the most influential entertainers of all time. It includes the best-known actors, comedians, directors, and musicians who have kept audiences tuned in and have constantly pushed the limits of entertainment.

Race Relations in America

Author : Nikki Khanna
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Race Relations in America written by Nikki Khanna and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand race in America, drawing on research from a variety of fields to answer frequently asked questions regarding race relations, systemic racism, and racial inequality. This work is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in American culture and politics. This particular volume examines the true state of race relations and racial inequality in the United States, drawing on empirical research in the hard sciences and social sciences to answer frequently asked questions regarding race and inequality. The book refutes falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations surrounding these topics and confirms the validity of other assertions. Assembling this empirical research into one accessible place allows readers to better understand the scholarly evidence on such high-interest topics as white privilege, racial bias in criminal justice, media bias, housing segregation, educational inequality, disparities in employment, racial stereotypes, and personal attitudes about race and ethnicity in America. The authors draw from scholarly research in biology, genetics, medicine, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and economics (among many other fields) to answer these questions, and in doing so they provide readers with the information to enter any conversation about American race relations in the 21st century as informed citizens.

Spike Lee

Author : Jason P. Vest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313392277
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Spike Lee written by Jason P. Vest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spike Lee's journey from guerrilla filmmaker to Hollywood insider is explored in light of his personal background, the cultural influence of his films, and the extensive scholarship his movies have inspired. This insightful study probes the iconic filmmaker's career as a director and shaper of American culture. It not only sheds light on the ways in which Lee's background, influences, and outlook affect his films but also discusses how he participates in, transforms, and transcends the tradition of black American filmmaking. Each chapter offers a critical assessment of at least one, and sometimes multiple, Lee films, examining their production history; their place in Lee's filmography; and their aesthetic, cultural, and historical significance. Readers will come away from this first scholarly assessment of Lee's career and work with a better understanding of his penchant for stirring up controversy about significant social, political, and artistic issues as well as his role as an American artist who provokes his audiences as much as he pacifies them.

Black and Asian Theatre In Britain

Author : Colin Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134216890
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Black and Asian Theatre In Britain written by Colin Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of ‘the Other’ through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners. Colin Chambers examines early forms of blackface and other representations in the sixteenth century, through to the emergence of black and Asian actors, companies, and theatre groups in their own right. Thorough analysis uncovers how they led to a flourishing of black and Asian voices in theatre at the turn of the twenty-first century. Figures and companies studied include: Ira Aldridge Henry Francis Downing Paul Robeson Errol John Mustapha Matura Dark and Light Theatre The Keskidee Centre Indian Art and Dramatic Society Temba Edric and Pearl Connor Tara Arts Yvonne Brewster Tamasha Talawa. Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an enlightening and immensely readable resource and represents a major new study of theatre history and British history as a whole. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Get Your Knee Off Our Necks

Author : Bruce E. Johansen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030851559
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Get Your Knee Off Our Necks written by Bruce E. Johansen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States’ history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin’s knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. Before the U.S. Civil War, slaves were routinely beaten to death for disobeying orders or running away, then often lynched. In roughly two centuries, Blacks have achieved nominal freedom. But, as this book’s opening chapter and expert essays that follow indicate, freedom has been conditional based on inequity of wealth, social, and legal discrimination. None of this is new in the United States; what is new is the number of people rising up in protest, a figure in the millions around the world after Floyd’s murder. This book supplies a readable, scholarly account of recent issues in race and racism in the United States that will be useful for general readers, undergraduate students, and their professors. It will be useful in many fields, including Black studies, other ethnic pursuits, United States history, law, criminal justice, intercultural communication, et al. The work contains a powerful historical narrative followed by several important, essays on subjects including George Floyd’s murder, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and many other victims of systematic racism.

Disney Voice Actors

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486945
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Disney Voice Actors written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, with biographical information, individual career summaries, and descriptions of the animated characters they have performed. Among those listed are Adriana Caselotti, of Snow White fame; Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck; Sterling Holloway, best known for his vocal portrayal of Winnie the Pooh; and such show business luminaries as Bing Crosby, Bob Newhart, George Sanders, Dinah Shore, Jennifer Tilly and James Woods. In addition, a complete directory of animated Disney films enables the reader to cross-reference the actors with their characters.

Notable Black American Women

Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : VNR AG
ISBN 13 : 9780810391772
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Notable Black American Women written by Jessie Carney Smith and published by VNR AG. This book was released on 1992 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.

Daily Life in 1950s America

Author : Nancy Hendricks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Daily Life in 1950s America written by Nancy Hendricks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Placing the era firmly within the American experience, this reference illuminates what daily life was really like in the 1950s, including for people from the "Other America"—those outside the prosperous, white middle class. 'Daily Life in 1950s America shows that the era was anything but uneventful. Apart from revolutionary changes during the decade itself, it was in the 1950s that the seeds took root for the social turmoil of the 1960s and the technological world of today. The book's interdisciplinary format looks at the domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life of average Americans. Readers can look at sections separately according to their interests or classroom assignment, or can read them as an ongoing narrative. By entering the homes of average Americans, far from the corridors of power, we can make sense of the 1950s and see how the headlines of the era translated into their daily lives. This readable and informative book is ideal for anyone interested in this formative decade in American life. Well-researched factual material is presented in an engaging way, along with lively sidebars to humanize each section. It is unique in blending the history, popular culture, and sociology of American daily life, including those of Americans who were not white, middle class, and prosperous.

An Actor and a Gentleman

Author : Louis Gossett, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470620943
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book An Actor and a Gentleman written by Louis Gossett, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning African American actor Lou Gossett Jr. takes an unvarnished look at the daunting challenges and incredible triumphs of his fifty-five year career Louis Gossett Jr. is one of the most respected African American stage and screen actors, who rose to fame with his Emmy-winning role in the television miniseries Roots and Oscar-winning performance in An Officer and a Gentleman. Now he tells the story of his fifty-plus years in the entertainment world—from his early success on the New York stage appearing with Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun, through his long Hollywood career working alongside countless stars, including Marilyn Monroe and Dennis Quaid. He writes frankly of his struggle to get leading roles and fair pay as a black man in Hollywood, his problems with drugs and alcohol that took years to overcome, and his current work to eradicate racism and violence and give our children a better future. Includes revealing stories and reminiscences involving famous performers, including Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, Shirley Booth, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve McQueen, Richard Gere, Maggie Smith, Halle Berry, and Gena Rowlands Spans half a century of American theater and film history, people, and performances Highlights the problem of racism in Hollywood and the challenges faced by African American actors from the 1950s and 1960s onward An Actor and a Gentleman penetrates the celebrity glitz and glamour to offer an honest, heartfelt portrayal of the African American experience both in Hollywood and the New York theater world, as told by one of the nation's most enduring and highly esteemed actors.

James Edwards

Author : Pamala S. Deane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645816X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book James Edwards written by Pamala S. Deane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Hollywood's most heralded postwar African American movie stars, James Edwards catapulted to stardom following his breakout role in Stanley Kramer's Home of the Brave. In his groundbreaking performance as a U.S. soldier experiencing racial prejudice during combat in the South Pacific, Edwards proved that African American actors could handle serious film roles. Edwards performed on radio, television, and theatre, and appeared in two-dozen or more films, including Stanley Kubrick's breakthrough indie The Killing, John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate, and Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton. This book tells the story of Edwards' life and career, describing his unlikely climb to fame following a serious wartime injury and detailing how this native of Muncie, Indiana, paved the way for the careers of Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and other African American stars to follow.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Musical Theatre Actors

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1064 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Promises of Citizenship

Author : Kathleen M. German
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496812360
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Promises of Citizenship written by Kathleen M. German and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the earliest days of the nation, US citizenship has been linked to military service. Even though blacks fought and died in all American wars, their own freedom was usually restricted or denied. In many ways, World War II exposed this contradiction. As demand for manpower grew during the war, government officials and military leaders realized that the war could not be won without black support. To generate African American enthusiasm, the federal government turned to mass media. Several government films were produced and distributed, movies that have remained largely unexamined by scholars. Kathleen M. German delves into the dilemma of race and the federal government's attempts to appeal to black patriotism and pride even while postponing demands for equality and integration until victory was achieved. German's study intersects three disciplines: the history of the African American experience in World War II, the theory of documentary film, and the study of rhetoric. One of the main films of the war era, The Negro Soldier, fractured the long tradition of degrading minstrel caricatures by presenting a more dignified public image of African Americans. Along with other government films, the narrative within The Negro Soldier transformed the black volunteer into an able soldier. It included African Americans in the national mythology by retelling American history to recognize black participation. As German reveals, through this new narrative with more dignified images, The Negro Soldier and other films performed rhetorical work by advancing the agenda of black citizenship.