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From the early days of minstrelsy to Black Broadway, this book is the story of African American entertainment as seen through the eyes of some of its most famous as well as others of its practitioners. The book moves from the beginning of African American participation in show business up through the present age. Will Marion Cook and Billy McClain are discovered in action at the very dawn of black parity in the entertainment field; six chapters later, the young Sammy Davis, Jr., breaks through the invisible ceiling that has kept those before him "in their place." In between, the likes of Valaida Snow, Nora Holt, Billy Strayhorn, Hazel Scott, Dinah Washington, and others are found making contributions to the fight against racism both in and out of "the business."
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part One: The Big Picture
1. The Birth of the Black Musical: Will Marion Cook
2. The Queens of Toby Time: The Whitman Sisters
3. The Color Line: Billy McClain
4. Over Here ... Over There: Valaida Snow
5. Renaissance Woman: Nora Holt
6. All That Jazz: Billy Strayhorn
7. The Movies: Hazel Scott
8. Forcing the Issue: Dinah Washington
9. On Broadway: Sammy Davis, Jr.
Part Two: Zeroing In
10. Full-Service Showfolk: Leonard Reed, Demas Dean, Frances Williams
11. Stops Along the Way: Three Cities
12. Some Subjects for Further Research
Appendix 1: A Biographical Sketch of Blind Tom Bethune (1876)
Appendix 2: A Selected Demas Dean Discography
Appendix 3: "Negro Dance," by Nora Douglas Holt
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
