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

Title:

Author:

Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-

ISBN:

9780199718276

Personal Author:

Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

African American women political activists -- History -- 20th century.

African American women entertainers -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.

Performing arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Music -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.

POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

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