Best African American Actors - April 2024

Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It

An instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voice in hip-hop”—shares his eight principles for unlocking your God-given privilege.In Black Privilege, Charlamagne presents his often controversial and always brutally honest insights on how living an authentic life is the quickest path to success. This journey to truth begins in the small town of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, and leads to New York and headline-grabbing interviews and insights from cel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501145312
• ASIN: 1501145312
• ISBN: 1501145312
• Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers (Turner Classic Movies)

The films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface often played black characters, but also saw the rise of independent African American filmmakers, including the remarkable Oscar Micheaux. It follows the changes in the film industry with the arrival of sound motion pictures and the Great Depression, when black performers such as Stepin Fe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0762491418
• ASIN: 0762491418
• ISBN: 0762491418
• Manufacturer: Running Press Adult

Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood

Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period—Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln “Stepin Fetchit” Perry, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, and Hattie McDaniel—to reveal the “problematic stardom” and the enduring, interdependent patterns of performance and spectatorship for performers and audiences of color. She maps how these actors—though regularly cast i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520279778
• ASIN: 0520279778
• ISBN: 0520279778
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

In the best-selling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, here is a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?" Being an introvert in a world that glorifies cool isn't easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00RM4IB30
• ASIN: B00RM4IB30
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

The Last Black Unicorn

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An inspiring story that manages to be painful, honest, shocking, bawdy and hilarious.” —The New York Times Book Review From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501181831
• ASIN: 1501181831
• ISBN: 1501181831
• Brand: Gallery Books
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkNamed a Best Book of the Year by The RootChosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir“A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced.” — Lena Dunham, Lenny LetterIn the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062693999
• ASIN: 0062693999
• ISBN: 0062693999
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Updated and Expanded 5th Edition

This classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlighten us with his historical and social reflections on the relationship between African Americans and Hollywood. He notes the remarkable shifts that have come about in the new millennium when such filmmakers as Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Ava DuVernay (Selma) examined America's turbulent racial history and the particular dilemma of black actresses in Hollywood, including Halle Berry, Lupita Nyong'o, Octavia Spencer, Jennifer Hudson, and Viola Davis. Bogl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 082642953X
• ASIN: 082642953X
• ISBN: 082642953X
• Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Academic

What I Know For Sure

As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show - the highest-rated program of its kind, launched her own television network, become the nation's only African-American billionaire, and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her experiences, she has gleaned life lessons―which, for fourteen years, she's shared in O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular "What I Know For Sure" column, a m... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250054052
• ASIN: 1250054052
• ISBN: 9781250054050
• Brand: Flatiron Books
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

• ASIN: 0812993500
• ASIN: 0812993500
• ISBN: 0812993500
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

My Pride: Mastering Life's Daily Performance (Broadway's Record-Breaking Lion King) (A Disney Theatrical Souvenir Book)

Drawing on his own life and career and the rich lore of The Lion King, Alton Fitzgerald White, Broadway's longest running "King," delivers his message of service -- taking responsibility for and deriving happiness from commonplace achievements -- as a philosophy that anyone can get through each day with satisfaction, pride and a sense of accomplishment.If you've ever wondered how an actor can perform the same role hundreds of times without burning out, in White's book you'll meet someone who does it for thousands more with unbated joy and renewal of purpose. From his life experience, White has... [Read More]

• ASIN: 148478040X
• ASIN: 148478040X
• ISBN: 148478040X
• Brand: DISNEY ED
• Manufacturer: Disney Editions

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Tupac Shakur's most intimate and honest thoughts were uncovered only after his death with the instant classic The Rose That Grew from Concrete.His talent was unbounded -- a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable -- as vibrant and alive today as it has ever been. For the first time in paperback, this collection of deeply personal poetry is a mirror into the legendary artist's enigmatic world and its many contradictions. Written in his own hand from the time he was nineteen, these seventy-two ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671028456
• ASIN: 0671028456
• ISBN: 9780671028459
• Brand: MTV Books
• Manufacturer: MTV Books

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

The instant New York Times bestseller from the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder shares how saying YES changed her life. “As fun to read as Rhimes’s TV series are to watch” (Los Angeles Times).She’s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today. Her iconic characters live boldly and speak their minds. So who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances? That she suffered panic attacks before media intervi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476777128
• ASIN: 1476777128
• ISBN: 1476777128
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Rabbit: A Memoir

Finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding LiteratureFinalist for a 2018 Southern Book Prize for Biography and History"An absolute must-read" – Shondaland“[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor” – New York Times“I know a lot of people think they know what it’s like to grow up in the hood. Like maybe they watched a couple of seasons of The Wire and they got the shit all figured out. But TV doesn’t tell the whole story.” – Ms. PatThey called her Rabbit.Patricia Williams (aka Ms. Pat) was born and raised in Atlanta at the height of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062407317
• ASIN: 0062407317
• ISBN: 0062407317
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

The Proposal

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick“There is so much to relate to and throughout the novel, there is a sharp feminist edge. Loved this one, and you will too.”—New York Times bestselling author Roxane GayThe New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Date serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't turn into a happy ending, thanks to a woman who knows exactly how to make one on her own...When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise—or happen in front of 45,000 people.When fre... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399587683
• ASIN: 0399587683
• ISBN: 0399587683
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America's Black Female Superstars (New and Updated Edition)

With a wink or a nod, a shake of their shoulders or hips, America's "Dark Divas," "Sepia Sirens," "Black Beauties" have acted out fantastic stories full of whispers and secrets. They have played with the myths, created legends, turned the social order topsy-turvy. One thing is certain: in 20th- and 21st-century America, an impressive lineup of African American women have dazzled and delighted the world with their energy and style. Who are these great women of the stage and screen? the singers, dancers, comediennes, actresses? In this groundbreaking book, Donald Bogle narrates a sweeping histor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0826416756
• ASIN: 0826416756
• ISBN: 0826416756
• Brand: Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
• Manufacturer: Continuum

Best African American Fiction : 2009

From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African-American fiction. Contributors include Edward P. Jones, Walter Dean Myers, Stephen

• UPC: 10337483
• Rating: 3.0

100 Best African American Poems, The

Award-winning poet and writer Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary

• UPC: 12337656
• Rating: 4.0

Encyclopedia Of American Cinema: Biographies Of The Best American Directors And Actors, Reviews Of The Best American Movies, And Lists Of Awards (Mobi Reference) - eBook

This illustrated Encyclopedia includes biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards.FEATURES:-Fully illustrated. -Search for words or phrases. -Navigate from Table of Contents or read

• UPC: 683441079

Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit : 101 Best-Loved Psalms, Gospel Hymns & Spiritual Songs of the African-American Church

Complete with sheet music throughout, this volume profiles 101 of the best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American

• UPC: 25947598

The Hate U Give

After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what

• UPC: 55134273
• Rating: 4.8

Despite the Best Intentions : How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

"Through five years' worth of interviews and data-gathering at Riverview, John Diamond and Amanda Lewis have created a rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal

• UPC: 55601383

Denzel Washington Coloring Book: Most Successful African American Actor and Academy Award Winner, Great Malcolm X and American Gangster Inspired Adult

Denzel Washington Coloring Book: Most Successful African American Actor and Academy Award Winner, Great Malcolm X and American Gangster Inspired

• UPC: 937516197

African America Actor Sammy Davis And His Swedish Born Wife History

African America Actor Sammy Davis And His Swedish Born Wife was reproduced on Premium Heavy Stock Paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original.Brand New and Packaged carefully in a

• UPC: 316831242
• Model: EVCHISL041EC228
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18 x 24

Best African American Essays 2010

"Best African American Essays" is a compelling compilation of nonfiction writing on issues that are in the forefront of a national dialogue today, including pieces by and about Senator Barack

• UPC: 11594389

African American Humor : The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today

This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries

• UPC: 25228274

Autographed Charles Robinson African-American actor best know for Night Court

• UPC: 233001983560
• Category: Celebrities
• Price: 59 USD