Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting -- Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation -- Black celebrities uplift the race -- The mythologizing of black celebrities -- The marginalization of black female celebrities as race representatives -- National heroes, foreign villains, and un-hyphenated Americans -- Journalistic commemoration and the construction of a "felt" past -- The politics of black press celebrity journalism.
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