black women entertainers and the civil rights movement
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Feldstein, Ruth
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- muziek, jazz, zangeressen, zwarte vrouwen, etniciteit, mensenrechten, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- In this book Feldstein examines black women performers, illuminating the risks they took, their roles at home and abroad, and the ways that they raised the issue of gender amid their demands for black liberation. Feldstein focuses on six women who made names for themselves in the music, film, and television industries: Ninam Simone, Lena Horne, Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and Cicely Tyson. These women did not simply mirror black activism: their performances helped constitute the era's political history. Makeba connected America's struggle for civil rights to the fight against apartheid in South Africa, while Simone sparked controversy with her incendiary lyrics.