Advice to a young Black actor (and others) : conversations with Douglas Turner Ward

Contents:  In the beginning -- Acting and being black -- Studying acting -- The work -- Preparing to play a role -- Critics, audience, etc.

Afro-American cinematic experience : an annotated bibliography & filmography

Anthology of the American Negro in the theatre : a critical approach

Published under the auspices of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [293]-294.

Black film stars

Becoming something : the story of Canada Lee

Contents:  Always chasing rainbows: the music -- Runnin' wild: the races -- Life can be so sweet: the ring -- Nice work if you can get it: the stage -- Broadway melody: bona fide star -- Why don't you do right: on the road with Jim Crow -- California, here I come: Hollywood, war, romance -- Stormy weather: boy gets girl, girl disappears -- No business like show business: white way and whiteface -- Body and soul: red scared -- Trouble, trouble: Russian spies and pink paint -- Baby, it's cold outside: friendships betrayed -- No greater love: then comes marriage -- So little time: fight to the death -- Blues requiem: speak of me as I am.

Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance

Contents:  Song of smoke; the smoldering Black consciousness, 1900-1910 -- Moving out, fighting back; the great migration, organizing for freedom, and World War I, 1911-1920 -- Black metropolis; the rise of Harlem, 1900-1920 -- Dam breaking; Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, and opportunity in the arts, 1921-1924 -- Fire!!; an explosion of creativity -- Dark tower; a social breakthrough -- Stompin' at the Savoy; music and dance of the Renaissance -- Heritage unbound; Blacks and the American theater -- Against all odds; visual artists and their struggle for recognition -- Rage in the streets; the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Harlem riots.

Black magic; a pictorial history of the Negro in American entertainment

Dancing revelations : Alvin Ailey's embodiment of African American culture

Ira Aldridge : the Negro tragedian

Liberation historiography : African American writers and the challenge of history, 1794-1861

Contents:  The theater of history -- Scattered lives, scattered documents : writing liberation history -- Multiple lives and lost narratives : (auto)biography as history -- The assembly of history : orations and conventions -- Our warfare lies in the field of thought : the African American press and the work of history -- Epilogue : William Wells Brown and the performance of history.

Negro in the American educational theatre : an organizational development, 1911-1964

Negro in the American theatre

Paul Robeson : essays on his life and legacy

Essays presented at a conference held at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus, Feb. 28, 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Voices of the Black theatre

Contains taped individual recollections of Black theatrical figures with introductory essays and comments by L. Mitchell.

Contents:  The words of Eddie Hunter.--The words of Regina M. Andrews.--The words of Dick Campbell.--The words of Abram Hill.--Interlude: Paul Robeson.--The words of Frederick O'Neal.--The words of Vinnette Carroll.--The words of Ruby Dee.

Stepin Fetchit : the life and times of Lincoln Perry

Work of Vinnette Carroll, an African American theatre artist

VIDEOS

Midnight ramble: Oscar Micheaux and the story of race movies

Recounts the story of race movies produced for African Americans from the 1920s through 1950, and the role played by Oscar Micheaux, the leading African American producer and director. These movies designed for African Americans, were frequently shown at midnight, and presented African Americans in a positive light. Features interviews with African American actors, actresses, and historians.  Part of the American Experience Series.  (58 min.).