No surrender! No retreat!: African-American pioneer performers of twentieth-century American theater
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2000
Department
Department of Humanities
Abstract
No Surrender! No Retreat! examines the careers of fifteen pioneer performers and their triumphs over herculean obstacles. It is a look back over the 20th century and documents personal histories of staggering achievement in spite of institutional racism, gender oppression, and classism. Twenty-four years in the making, No Surrender! No Retreat! is an indispensable work on African Americans in the performing arts, examining well-known performers, such as James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, and Pearl Bailey. Rare archival material and a number of personal interviews enrich this tome. Glenda E. Gill s work is a moving and sometimes tragic account of the lives and careers of some of America s most outstanding African American pioneers in theater.
Publication Title
No Surrender! No Retreat!: African-American Pioneer Performers of Twentieth-Century American Theater
ISBN
978-1-137-05361-9
Recommended Citation
Gill, G. E.
(2000).
No surrender! No retreat!: African-American pioneer performers of twentieth-century American theater.
No Surrender! No Retreat!: African-American Pioneer Performers of Twentieth-Century American Theater, 1-230.
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05361-9
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/4025
Publisher's Statement
© 2000 Glenda E. Gill. All rights reserved. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05361-9