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Author:   Bill Egan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781476677958

ISBN 10:   1476677956
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   20 December 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction  1. In the Beginning  2. African American Minstrels Arrive: Dueling Georgians  3. The Fisk Jubilee Singers  4. Further Adventures of the Jubilee Singers  5. Charles B. Hicks Returns  6. Orpheus McAdoo and the Return of the Fisks  7. The Tivoli Era Starts  8. The Return of Orpheus McAdoo and a Rival  9. McAdoo and Curtis: The Battle Begins 10. McAdoo Reigns Again 11. Eva Taylor (Irene Gibbons) and Josephine Gassman 12. This Sporting Life: Major Taylor 13. George Sorlie and Cassie Walmer 14. Big, Bad Jack Johnson 15. The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Billy Kersands (1912) 16. Throw the Switch to Vaudeville 17. The Jazz Age (1923–1925) 18. The Jazz Age (1926–1927) 19. Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea (White Australia’s Darkest Hour) 20. The Post-Clay Lean Years (1928–1934) 21. The Norman Thomas Quintette and Ulysses S. Thompson 22. Nina Mae McKinney 23. 1937: The Harmony Kings and Bob Parrish 24. 1938: Chris Gill, the Edwards Sisters, Chuck Richards and Peg Leg Bates 25. Frankie Manning and the Lindy Hoppers (1938–1939) 26. 1939: Radcliffe and Rodgers, Ada Brown, the Dancing Chefs, Chuck and Chuckles, the Mills Brothers 27. Epilogue: 1940–1941 and After Appendix 1: African American Boxers Pre–World War I Appendix 2: African American Boxers Post–World War I Appendix 3: The Later Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1902–1936 Appendix 4: Miscellanea Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

"""Extraordinary...meticulously researched...remarkable ... This eminently readable saga reflects our changing attitudes to race and our acceptance of different and evolving forms of entertainment, and it perpetuates the memory of a legion of talented performers...heartily recommended""--Theatre Heritage, Inc. ""This book provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand between European settlement in Australia in 1788 and the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941.""--The Root and Roots Show. ""One of the most thoroughly-researched and minutely-documented investigations ever conducted into any dimension of the entertainment industry in Australasia.""--Australian Humanities Review"

"""One of the most thoroughly-researched and minutely-documented investigations ever conducted into any dimension of the entertainment industry in Australasia.""--Australian Humanities Review ""This book provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand between European settlement in Australia in 1788 and the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941.""--The Root and Roots Show. ""Extraordinary...meticulously researched...remarkable ... This eminently readable saga reflects our changing attitudes to race and our acceptance of different and evolving forms of entertainment, and it perpetuates the memory of a legion of talented performers...heartily recommended""--Theatre Heritage, Inc."

Extraordinary...meticulously researched...remarkable ... This eminently readable saga reflects our changing attitudes to race and our acceptance of different and evolving forms of entertainment, and it perpetuates the memory of a legion of talented performers...heartily recommended --Theatre Heritage, Inc.

“Extraordinary...meticulously researched...remarkable … This eminently readable saga reflects our changing attitudes to race and our acceptance of different and evolving forms of entertainment, and it perpetuates the memory of a legion of talented performers...heartily recommended”—Theatre Heritage, Inc. “This book provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand between European settlement in Australia in 1788 and the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941.”—The Root and Roots Show. “One of the most thoroughly-researched and minutely-documented investigations ever conducted into any dimension of the entertainment industry in Australasia.”—Australian Humanities Review

Author Information

Bill Egan is a Canberra (Australia) based independent researcher with a lifelong interest in jazz and African American culture.

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