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Donald Bogle

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in Philadelphia, PA, The United States

July 13, 1944

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Donald Bogle is one of the foremost authorities on Black representation in films and entertainment history. His books include Running Press's Hollywood Black; the groundbreaking Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks; the award-winning Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams; the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; and Brown Sugar, which Bogle adapted into a PBS documentary series. He was a special commentator and consultant for Turner Classic Movies’ award-winning series Race and Hollywood. Bogle teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Manhattan. — Running Press ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 1,390 ratings · 184 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films 4.22 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 1973 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dorothy Dandridge 4.23 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1997 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood 4.25 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers 4.21 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters 4.04 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop―A Love Story 3.62 avg rating — 77 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars 4.48 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Her eyes lit up when she mentioned the grand thoroughfare Central Avenue, where black nightclubs flourished and where the Dunbar Hotel, home to the black elite, stood like a mighty fortress.”
― Donald Bogle, Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood

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“When Los Angeles was founded in 1781—as a city of angels—by a group of eleven families, it seemed to throw out a welcome mat to people of color. After all, of that founding group—forty-four men, women, and children—twenty-six were of African descent, black or “black Spaniards,” as they were sometimes called.”
― Donald Bogle, Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood

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Poll for June's group read, 'Memoirs/Biographies of Black Actress from Classic Hollywood'. Which selection would you like to read? This poll will remain open until May 8. This should give us enough time to purchase/borrow the book in order to start reading on June 1. Please remember to only vote if you plan on participating.

- Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson

17 votes, 44.7%

- America's Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt by John L. Williams

11 votes, 28.9%

- The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way by Diahann Carroll

7 votes, 18.4%

- Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood by Jill Watts **not available via Kindle**

2 votes, 5.3%

- Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle

1 vote, 2.6%

38 total votes

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