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Stars for Freedom : Hollywood, Black Celebrities, and the Civil Rights Movement.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Capell Family BksPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295806075
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stars for FreedomDDC classification:
  • 323.1196/073
LOC classification:
  • CFP
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One. Cleaning Up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess -- Two. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and "Money" -- Three. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network -- Four. The Arts Group and the March on Washington -- Five. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism -- Six. Stars for Selma -- Seven. Celebrities and Black Power -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One. Cleaning Up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess -- Two. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and "Money" -- Three. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network -- Four. The Arts Group and the March on Washington -- Five. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism -- Six. Stars for Selma -- Seven. Celebrities and Black Power -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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