Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
1900-1920 Beginnings
The 1920s Personas
The 1930s Pop Myths
The 1940s Social Symbols
The 1950s Sex Symbols
The 1960s Political Symbols
The 1970s Survivors
The 1980s Old School Goddesses of Glitz, New School Ingenues
The 1990s Million Dollar Babies
Mavens of the New Millennium
Bibliography
Index
This newly designed as well as completely reset and updated edition of Donald Bogle's classic study and celebration of America's "dark divas" now takes readers up to the present.
Donald Bogle is one of the foremost authorities on African Americans in film and the arts. He is the author of the classic Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, which is published by Continuum. His best-selling Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood received the Hurston/Wright Finalist Legacy Award in Non-fiction. His other books include the critically acclaimed Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; Blacks in American Films and Television: An Illustrated Encyclopedia; and Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television. He has appeared on such television programs as Entertainment Tonight; Today; Good Morning, America; and Nightline; and has served as a commentator on such documentaries as Spike Lee's Jim Brown: All-American, American Movie Classics' Small Steps . . . Big Strides, and TV Land's three-part series on African Americans on television. He also co-hosted Turner Classic Movies' award-winning series Race and Hollywood. The first edition of the present book, Brown Sugar, covered eighty years of America's black female superstars, and was turned into the highly successful four-part PBS documentary series by Mr. Bogle. In 2023 he was recognized for the Robert Osborne Award for his pioneering studies of African American cinema and his tireless efforts to elevate the achievements of Black performers and filmmakers.
"Bogle is passionate and good-humored. His book is valuable as a
film reference work and social document."--Gene Siskel
"From Billie Holiday to Queen Latifah, from the Supremes to
Destiny's Child, Brown Sugar rolls out the red carpet for decade
after decade of delectable divas. Profiles include insightful and
juicy historical perspectives on the rise, and sometimes fall, of a
long list of America's most celebrated pop princesses." - Vibe
Vixen
"Let's all nod in appreciation to Donald Bogle for putting
everything in historical perspective.... Mr. Bogle continues to be
our most important noted Black cinema historian." --Spike
Lee
"Thank goodness for Donald Bogle."—Essence
"Bogle (Dorothy Dandridge), a leading expert on blacks in popular
culture, celebrates African American divas in this update of a
classic, profiling the lives, careers, and sometimes disparaging
images of such stars as Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Lena Horne, and
Whoopi Goldberg. - Library Journal, November 1, 2006
*Library Journal*
"America's leading historian on black cinema."--USA Today
*USA Today*
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