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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feldstein, Ruth, 1965-
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
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.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Music
Physical Description:296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.