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082 00 $a792.089/96073$222
100 1 $aReed, Bill,$d1941-
245 10 $aHot from Harlem :$btwelve African American entertainers, 1890-1960 / $cBill Reed.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2010.
300 $ax, 261 p. :$bill., music ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe big picture. The birth of the black musical : Will Marion Cook -- The queens of Toby time : the Whitman Sisters -- The color line : Billy McClain -- Over here-- over there : Valaida Snow -- Renaissance woman : Nora Holt -- All that jazz : Billy Strayhorn -- The movies : Hazel Scott -- Forcing the issue : Dinah Washington -- On Broadway : Sammy Davis, Jr. -- Zeroing in. Full-service showfolk : Leonard Reed, Demas Dean, Dean, Frances Williams -- Stops along the way : three cities -- Some subjects for further research.
520 $a"From the days of minstrelsy to Black Broadway, this book is the story of African American entertainment as seen through the eyes of its most famous as well as some of its most obscure practitioners. The book forms a chronological arc that moves from the beginning of African American participation in show business up through the present age"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xMusic$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican American musicians.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in the performing arts.
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