How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the civil rights movement /
Feldstein, Ruth,1965-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: performing civil rights -- "The world was on fire": making New York City subcultures -- "Africa's musical ambassador": Miriam Makeba and the "voice of Africa" in the United States -- "More than just a jazz performer": Nina Simone's border crossings -- "No one asks me what I want": black women, Hollywood, and "integration narratives" in the late 1960s -- "So beautiful in those rags": Cicely Tyson and African American history in the 1970s -- Epilogue.
African American women political activists
African American women entertainers
Performing arts
African Americans
African Americans