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LEADER: 01792cam a22002898a 4500
001 2009044035
003 DLC
005 20091201141142.0
008 091102s2010 ncu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2009044035
020 $a9780786444670 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aML3556$b.R36 2010
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 & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2010.
263 $a1001
300 $ap. cm.
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.
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.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xMusic$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican American musicians.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in the performing arts.