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Author:

Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

African American women political activists--History--20th century.
African American women entertainers--History--History--20th century.
Performing arts--Political aspects--United States--20th century.
African Americans--History--Political aspects--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-272) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0195314034 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780195314038 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)856518353

LCCN:

2013019878

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)