Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars

by Donald Bogle

Explores the lives, careers, private thoughts, and public images of legendary Black singers and actresses whose talent and beauty won acclaim

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, History, Biography, African American, Film

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

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

Reviews

[Lynecia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Biography on Groundbreaking Black Female Entertainers through the ages. I'm copying down his bibliography and reading more and more about these extraordinary women.

[Kelly M Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this 3x I love it. Beautifully illustrated a must have for your home library if it's still in print

[Willie Gore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought the book Brown Sugar was a very informative book. I found out about a lot of things I did not know about the Dark Diva's of yesterday and today. It is about time somebody recognizes that we have a lot of Beautiful Black Diva's . They have been so down played by the popularity of the high yellow Diva's for a long time. I hope Mr. Donald Bogle writes another book about our Black Diva's. I would like to learn more. There are so many books written about the tragic mallatto. What about the tragic Black Diva. Thank Mr. Bogle for stepping up the bat for people of color!

Willie Ann Gore

[reveurdart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was looking through this book again today after many years and I think I would still give this book 5 stars. Such an excellent book and an all-time favourite.