Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer-the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award-who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement-a remarkable woman of her time who also transcended it. "An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse.
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer-the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award-who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement-a remarkable woman of her time who also transcended it. "An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse.