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{en} Donald Bogle. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, 1st ed. New York, Viking Press, 1973

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Abstract

First edition on a very influential and successful work, examining the role of Blacks in American films.

Contents

Black beginnings from "Uncle Tom's cabin" to "The birth of a nation" -- Into the 1920s: the jesters -- The 1930s: the servants -- The Interlude: black-market cinema -- The 1940s: the entertainers, the New Negroes, and the problem people -- The 1950s: black stars -- The 1960s: problem people into militants -- Epilogue: 1970 onward.

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