Primetime blues
African Americans on network television
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
130,000 words, Guess
Page Count
520 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveprimetimebluesaf00bogl
- ISBN-100374237204
- ISBN-139780374237202
- LibraryThing360116
- Library of Congress Control Number00041700
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL6786494M
Classifications
- DDC791.45/089/96073
- LCCPN1992.8.A34 B64 2001
Description
The author examines the role of African Americans on television from the postwar era of Amos 'n' Andy and Beulah to ER and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
First Sentence
At the tail end of the Depression, a former blues singer, then appearing in a Broadway drama, was asked by the NBC radio network to perform on an experimental broadcast for a new medium.
Subjects
Other Editions
- Primetime blues
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