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From Sambo to Superspade : the Black experience in motion pictures / by Daniel J. Leab.

Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.N4 L4 1975
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Leab, Daniel J., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans in motion pictures.
United States of America.
Local Subjects:
United States of America.
Physical Description:
viii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Contents:
Introduction: the lack of humanity
The gamut from A to B
The birth of a nation
The freezing of an image
"All-Colored"
but not very different
Shufflin' into sound
A limited response
Glimmers of change
A pale Black imitation
Toward a new image
Black is boxoffice.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Leab, Daniel J. From Sambo to Superspade.
ISBN:
0395194024
9780395194027
OCLC:
1324472

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