Black Broadway : African Americans on the great white way / Stewart F. Lane ; foreword by Kenny Leon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Garden City Park, NY : Square One Publishers, [2015]Copyright date: Description: xii, 275 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780757003882
  • 0757003885
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 792.089/96073 23
LOC classification:
  • PN2270.A35 L36 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- African-American theater through the nineteenth century -- The turn of the century -- The 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance -- Breadlines to breakthroughs: the 1930s and 1940s -- Postwar Broadway: the 1950s -- Broadway and the turbulent sixties -- Broadway and the 1970s and 1980s -- From the 1990s to today -- Conclusion.
Summary: The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway marquees earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance, and talent, but also because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theater world were shut to minorities for decades. While the Civil War may have freed the slaves, it was not until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that the playing field began to level. In this remarkable book, theater producer and historian Stewart F. Lane uses words and pictures to capture this tumultuous century and to highlight the rocky road that black actors have traveled to reach recognition on the Great White Way.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- African-American theater through the nineteenth century -- The turn of the century -- The 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance -- Breadlines to breakthroughs: the 1930s and 1940s -- Postwar Broadway: the 1950s -- Broadway and the turbulent sixties -- Broadway and the 1970s and 1980s -- From the 1990s to today -- Conclusion.

The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway marquees earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance, and talent, but also because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theater world were shut to minorities for decades. While the Civil War may have freed the slaves, it was not until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that the playing field began to level. In this remarkable book, theater producer and historian Stewart F. Lane uses words and pictures to capture this tumultuous century and to highlight the rocky road that black actors have traveled to reach recognition on the Great White Way.

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