Freedom in laughter : Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, and the Civil Rights Movement / Malcolm Frierson.

Show other versions (1)

"In this groundbreaking study, author Malcolm Frierson moves comedy from the margins to the center of the American Civil Rights Movements. Freedom in Laughter: Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, and the Civil Rights Movement reveals how stand-up comedians Dick Gregory and Bill Cosby used their increasing mai...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frierson, Malcolm, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Gregory, Dick.
Cosby, Bill, > 1937-
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American entertainers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Segregation > Humor.
African American entertainers.
Civil rights workers.
Comedians.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Humor.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xxi, 164 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

MSU Main Library

Holdings details from MSU Main Library
Call Number: E185.61 .F895 2020
E185.61 .F895 2020 Available Get this