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

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

Jr. Gooding, Frederick
$24.00
Publication Date: November 26th, 2022
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
9781538175682
Pages:
320

Description

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.

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.