Author: Pomerance, Alan,
Title: Repeal of the Blues: how black entertainers influenced Civil Rights.
Description: NJ, Citadel, (1988). G in G DJ ex-library. Traces the roles of blacks in the performing arts from 1932. The Cotton Club in Harlem would admit no blacks as patrons. Instead they had an all-white audience. Today there are Bill Cosby & Oprah Winfrey, two of highest paid performers of all time. The contrast underlines how far we've come in half a century in washing away racial roadblocks of prejudice. Merrill contends that black entertainers led the way.

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