TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lane,Stewart F.
AU  - Leon,Kenny
TI  - Black Broadway: African Americans on the great white way 
SN  - 9780757003882
AV  - PN2270.A35 L36 2015
U1  - 792.089/96073 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Garden City Park, NY
PB  - Square One Publishers
KW  - African Americans in the performing arts
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - African American theater
KW  - American drama
KW  - African American authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Broadway
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -