04313cam a22004691i 4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020003000069020001500099035002100114035002100135040004500156043001200201050002500213082002100238092002900259100003800288245010500326246006000431250006700491260005300558264004800611264001100659300004100670336002700711337002900738338002800767504005100795505047500846520193701321650007103258650008403329650006903413650007203482650006003554651005803614908001103672913000603683989002103689999001503710952011803725000003061420230921135256.0161018s2017    nyum     b   a001 0 eng d  a9780190610722 :cUS$30.00  a0190610727  a(OCoLC)960835269  a(OCoLC)960835269  aYDXbengerdacYDXdBDXdOCLCQdCLEdHCD  an-us--- 4aE185.86b.F4342 201704a323.1196/073223  a323.1196073bF3129h 20171 aFeldstein, Ruth,d1965-,eauthor.10aHow it feels to be free :bblack women entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement /cRuth Feldstein.3 aBlack women entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement.  aFirst issued as an Oxford University Press paperback [edition]  aOpen Shelf :bOxford Univesity,cNewYork,c2013. 1aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2017. 4cc2013.  a296 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent.  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia.  avolumebnc2rdacarrier.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPerforming 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": Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and the promise of integration in popular culture -- "So beautiful in those rags": Cicely Tyson, popular culture, and African American history in the 1970s.  a"In 1964, Nina Simone sat at a piano in New York's Carnegie Hall to play what she called a "show tune." Then she began to sing: "Alabama's got me so upset/Tennessee made me lose my rest/And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam!" Simone, and her song, became icons of the civil rights movement. But her confrontational style was not the only path taken by black women entertainers. In How It Feels to Be Free, Ruth Feldstein examines celebrated black women performers, illuminating the risks they took, their roles at home and abroad, and the ways that they raised the issue of gender amid their demands for black liberation. Feldstein focuses on six women who made names for themselves in the music, film, and television industries: Simone, Lena Horne, Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and Cicely Tyson. These women did not simply mirror black activism; their performances helped constitute the era's political history. Makeba connected America's struggle for civil rights to the fight against apartheid in South Africa, while Simone sparked high-profile controversy with her incendiary lyrics. Yet Feldstein finds nuance in their careers. In 1968, Hollywood cast the outspoken Lincoln as a maid to a white family in For Love of Ivy, adding a layer of complication to the film. That same year, Diahann Carroll took on the starring role in the television series Julia. Was Julia a landmark for casting a black woman or for treating her race as unimportant? The answer is not clear-cut. Yet audiences gave broader meaning to what sometimes seemed to be apolitical performances. How It Feels to Be Free demonstrates that entertainment was not always just entertainment and that "We Shall Overcome" was not the only soundtrack to the civil rights movement. By putting black women performances at center stage, Feldstein sheds light on the meanings of black womanhood in a revolutionary time."--Publisher's description. 0aAfrican American women political activistsxHistoryy20th century. 0aAfrican American women entertainersxPolitical activityxHistoryy20th century. 0aPerforming artsxPolitical aspectszUnited Statesy20th century. 0aAfrican AmericansvMusicxPolitical aspectsxHistoryy20th century. 0aAfrican AmericansxCivil rightsxHistoryy20th century. 0aUnited StatesxRace relationsxHistoryy20th century.  a180314  aN 7a20230822095114.0  c7556d7556  00104070acutlibbcutlibd2023-09-21l0oE 185.86 FELpBK0051148r2023-09-21 00:00:00tc.043140w2023-09-21yBK