How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the civil rights movement /

"In 1964, Nina Simone sat at a piano in New York's Carnegie Hall to play what she called a "show tune." Then she began to sing: "Alabama's got me so upset/Tennessee made me lose my rest/And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam!" Simone, and her song, became ico...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feldstein, Ruth, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1900-1999
African American women political activists > History > 20th century.
African American women entertainers > Political activity > History > 20th century.
Performing arts > Political aspects > United States > 20th century.
African Americans > Music > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Femmes activistes noires américaines > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes artistes du spectacle noires américaines > Activité politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Arts du spectacle > Aspect politique > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Musique > Aspect politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African American women entertainers > Political activity
African American women political activists
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
Performing arts > Political aspects
Race relations
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: performing civil rights
  • "The world was on fire": making New York City subcultures
  • "Africa's musical ambassador": Miriam Makeba and the "voice of Africa" in the United States
  • "More than just a jazz performer": Nina Simone's border crossings
  • "No one asks me what I want": black women, Hollywood, and "integration narratives" in the late 1960s
  • "So beautiful in those rags": Cicely Tyson and African American history in the 1970s
  • Epilogue.

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