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A high-quality history series places important topics of the African-American experience in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story.
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One of the most appealing titles in the Lucent Library of Black History series, this volume on black actors in American cinema begins with the Toms found in early silent films and goes all the way up to recent Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman. The introduction makes a strong case that life imitates art imitates life; in other words, film portrayals are often based on some form of reality, but reality sometimes emulates those very portrayals. Using high-quality film stills and boxed sections focusing on major themes and personalities, Lace takes the reader through the early blackface actors, the servant roles so prevalent in Depression-era cinema, the broadened awareness of African Americans following World War II, the blaxploitation films of the ’60s, and the impact of Spike Lee’s 1989 film, Do the Right Thing. Special care is given to the career of Sidney Poitier, and the critiques of his 1967 classic, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, are particularly revealing. Endnotes, a chronology, and index complete the package. Grades 7-10. --Daniel Kraus
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- PublisherLucent Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1420500848
- ISBN 13 9781420500844
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages128
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