My Account Log in

1 option

The Redd Foxx encyclopedia of Black humor / Redd Foxx [i.e. J.E. Sanford] and Norma Miller.

LIBRA - Rare PN2286 .S26 Banks copy
Loading location information...

Available in person This item can be accessed at the library reading room.

Request an item

Access options

Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991, author.
Miller, Norma, author.
Contributor:
Ward Ritchie Press, publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American entertainers.
African American comedians.
Comedians--United States.
Comedians.
African American wit and humor.
United States.
African American wit and humor--History and criticism.
African Americans--Humor.
African Americans.
Genre:
Humor.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Pasadena, Calif. : Ward Ritchie Press, [1977]
Contents:
Plantation shows
Minstrel shows
Harlem : 1900
Williams & Walker
Bert Williams
Miller & Lyles
TOBA circuit ; Sammy Davis, Jr. ; Spo-De-O-Dee
The screen's first coon
The Apollo Theatre
Timmie Rogers
Bardu Ali remembers
Scatman Crothers
Leonard Reed
The contemporaries
George Kirby
Nipsey Russell
Slappy White
Dick Gregory
Godfrey Cambridge
Bill Cosby
Flip Wilson
Richard Pryor
Comedians of the seventies
The black woman in comedy
Redd Foxx
Black language.
Notes:
"Copyright ©1977 by Redd Foxx and Norma Miller."--verso of title page
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Other Format:
Online version: Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991. Redd Foxx encyclopedia of Black humor.
ISBN:
0378083023
9780378083027
OCLC:
3430216

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

Find

Home Release notes

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Find catalog Using Articles+ Using your account