African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 by Charlene Regester [in Library Journal]
04 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Biography, Black/African American, Nonfiction, Repost
Charlene Regester (African & Afro-American studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill) documents the lives and careers of nine African American actresses working before the Civil Rights era whose “contributions to mainstream cinema have been either minimized or erased in the histories of Hollywood cinema.” Madame...