Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans


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Black Oscars is a timely exploration of the complicated legacy of the Academy Awards and African American participation in film. Reflecting on how the Oscars have recognized Black actors from the award's inception to the present, this book is an indispensable guide to understanding race in mainstream Hollywood and American history.



Author: Frederick Jr. Gooding
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 05/24/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781538123720
ISBN10: 153812372X
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies

About the Author
Frederick W. Gooding Jr. holds the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities within the Honors College at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He is the author of You Mean, There's RACE in My Movie? The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood and American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981.