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I really appreciate Hartman's chapter on Gladys Bentley. I'd learned about Bentley's life in bits and pieces, and I'm not sure how much archival info is actually preserved on her because she was a working class performer. But something about how Hartman presented these scraps of info made Bentley feel alive.
This book keeps driving home the beauty and terror of the Great Migration and growth of Black Philly & NYC
— Mar 04, 2026 03:26PM
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This book keeps driving home the beauty and terror of the Great Migration and growth of Black Philly & NYC












