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America issued its first stamp honoring an African American in 1940 when it recognized Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave and became one of ... More

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"For many years now, Herman Gray has crafted brilliant cultural criticism that has illumined and interrogated the complex dimensions of black culture ... More

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After a decade-long hiatus, African-Americans once again began appearing regularly on television in the 1960s. This book deftly illustrates how black ... More

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Launched in 1980, cable network Black Entertainment Television (BET) has helped make blackness visible and profitable at levels never seen prior in ... More

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Since its invention, television has been one of the biggest influences on American culture. Through this medium, multiple visions and disparate ... More

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Blackness has always played a central role in the American imagination. Therefore, it should not be surprising that popular television--a medium that ... More

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"Watching While Black" exclusively considers and critically engages programs that Black audiences watch and enjoy. With fresh perspectives, ... More

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Examines the cultural politics of television and race. In the late 1980s and early 1990s television representations of African Americans exploded on ... More

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"Black Television Travels provides a detailed and insightful view of the roots and routes of the televisual representations of blackness on the ... More

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Blackness has always played a central role in the American imagination. Therefore, it should not be surprising that popular television--a medium that ... More

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This is the first book to fully document the historical contributions of African Americans to broadcasting in the United States from the beginning of ... More

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Examines the cultural politics of television and race. In the late 1980s and early 1990s television representations of African Americans exploded on ... More

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Primetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on network television. Donald Bogle not only examines the stereotypes that ... More

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Providing new insight into key debates over race and representation in the media, this ethnographic study explores the ways in which African ... More

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Full of courageous African American applicants, fist-shaking demonstrators, and powerful politicians, this powerful book captures the dramatic ... More

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A landmark study by the leading critic of African American film and television Primetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of African ... More

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Forty million Americans indulged in a national obsession in 1930: they eagerly tuned in Amos 'n' Andy, the nightly radio comedy in which a pair of ... More

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Linocut prints in crisp black-and-white designs reflect traditional work from Zulu, Masai, and dozens of other tribes. Masks, abstract motifs, and ... More

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Showcasing two or more signatures from each of the 200-plus key players included, along with biographical information and the estimated value of each ... More

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For art lovers and collectors, this book offers the first complete, beautifully illustrated guide to appreciating and acquiring artwork by Americans ... More

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