Toast of the town : the life and times of Sunnie Wilson /

As part of the great migration of southern blacks to the north, Sunnie Wilson came to Detroit from South Carolina after graduating from college, and soon became a pillar of the local music industry. He started out as a song and dance performer but found his niche as a local promoter of boxing, which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wilson, Sunnie, 1908-1999 (Autor), Cohassey, John, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2018.
Colección:Great Lakes Books Series
Temas:
Wilson, Sunnie, > 1908-1999.
Louis, Joe, > 1914-1981.
Louis, Joe, > 1914-1981
Wilson, Sunnie, > 1908-1999
Hotelkeepers > Michigan > Detroit > Biography.
African American businesspeople > Michigan > Detroit.
Hôteliers > Michigan > Detroit > Biographies.
Gens d'affaires noirs américains > Michigan > Detroit.
SOC053000.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
African American businesspeople
Hotelkeepers
Detroit (Mich.) > History.
Michigan > Detroit
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments and Author's Note; Preface: Detroit's Most Congenial Host; 1. Old Hopes, New Dreams; 2. Stage Lights and Nightlife; 3. Mayor of the Valley; 4. The Twenty-Dollar Man; 5. Down on Hastings Street; 6. Idlewild; 7. Every Day Is a New Story; 8. Let It Roll!; 9. Lucky Old Fella; Sources; Index

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