Hot from Harlem: Twelve African American Entertainers, 1890-1960

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments     
• Preface     
• Part One: The Big Picture
• 1. The Birth of the Black Musical: Will Marion Cook     
• 2. The Queens of Toby Time: The Whitman Sisters     
• 3. The Color Line: Billy McClain     
• 4. Over Here ... Over There: Valaida Snow     
• 5. Renaissance Woman: Nora Holt     
• 6. All That Jazz: Billy Strayhorn     
• 7. The Movies: Hazel Scott     
• 8. Forcing the Issue: Dinah Washington     
• 9. On Broadway: Sammy Davis, Jr.     
• Part Two: Zeroing In
• 10. Full-Service Showfolk: Leonard Reed, Demas Dean, Frances Williams     
• 11. Stops Along the Way: Three Cities     
• 12. Some Subjects for Further Research     
• Appendix 1: A Biographical Sketch of Blind Tom Bethune (1876)     
• Appendix 2: A Selected Demas Dean Discography     
• Appendix 3: “Negro Dance,” by Nora Douglas Holt     
• Chapter Notes     
• Bibliography     
• Index