Hattie

Hattie

Hattie

Carlton Jackson

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Editorial:
Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
1993
Materia
Biografía: arte y espectáculo
ISBN:
9781568330044
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Hattie McDaniel was the first black to ever win an Oscar. She was also the first black woman to ever sing on American radio. In this fresh assessment of her life and career, Carlton Jackson tells the inside story of her working relationships, her personal life, and the many obstacles she faced as a black performer in the white world of show business during the first half of the twentieth century.

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