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{en} Daniel J. Leab, From Sambo to Superspade: The Black Experience in Motion Pictures (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975)

Abstract

One of the earliest monographs on the subject of Blacks in American films.

Contents

Introduction: the lack of humanity -- The gamut from A to B -- The birth of a nation -- The freezing of an image -- "All-Colored"--but not very different -- Shufflin' into sound -- A limited response -- Glimmers of change -- A pale Black imitation -- Toward a new image -- Black is boxoffice.

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