african american entertainers

Tells the story of Sammy Davis Jr. from his start as a child vaudeville performer in the 1920s to his career as a star of Broadway, Hollywood, and Las Vegas.

Biography of African-American dancer and entertainer Josephine Baker, discussing her childhood, career, and personal life.

African-American comedian and political activist Dick Gregory tells his life story up to 1963, describing his poor childhood in St. Louis, Missouri; his rise to fame as a comedian; and his participation in the fight for racial equality, including his arrests.

Encyclopedia of blacks in the motion picture and television industry over the past 90 years with over 200 rare photographs.