Brooklyn -- Cotton Club -- Girl-singer -- On her own -- New singer in town -- MGM calling -- Possibilities -- A new life -- Finding her way -- The negro troops -- Industry recognition, industry politics -- Red-baiting, red channels, the blacklist -- New era, new stars, new challenges -- Broadway calls -- Restlessness, divisions, 1960s -- Loss and reflection -- Coming to terms, triumph.
Summary:
"From Turner Classic Movies and Donald Bogle, the award-winning author and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood's first African American movie goddess"-- Provided by publisher.
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