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<p>With a wink or a nod, a shake of their shoulders or hips, America's <i>"Dark Divas," "Sepia</i> <i>Sirens," "Black Beauties"</i> have acted out fantastic stories full of whispers and secrets. They have played with the myths, created legends, turned the social order topsy-turvy. One thing is certain: in 20th- and 21st-century America, an impressive lineup of African American women have dazzled and delighted the world with their energy and style.</p> <p>Who are these great women of the stage and screen? the singers, dancers, comediennes, actresses? In this groundbreaking book, Donald Bogle narrates a sweeping history and describes a remarkable tradition that was largely unknown or not understood — or simply unacknowledged.</p> <p>Each of the women in <i>Brown Sugar</i> has a perfected public personality uniquely her own — Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Fredi Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Katherine Dunham, Marian Anderson, Moms Mabley, Eartha Kitt, Dorothy Dandridge, Leontyne Price, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Cicely Tyson, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, H

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Author

Bogle, Donald

Publisher

Continuum The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501340253

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Music