Download or read book Testimony of Hazel Scott Powell written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hazel Scott written by Karen Chilton and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hazel Scott was an important figure in the later part of the Black renaissance onward. Even in an era where there was limited mainstream recognition of Black Stars, Hazel Scott's talent stood out and she is still fondly remembered by a large segment of the community. I am pleased to see her legend honored." ---Melvin Van Peebles, filmmaker and director "This book is really, really important. It comprises a lot of history---of culture, race, gender, and America. In many ways, Hazel's story is the story of the twentieth century." ---Murray Horwitz, NPR commentator and coauthor of Ain't Misbehavin' "Karen Chilton has deftly woven three narrative threads---Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Harlem, and Hazel Scott---into a marvelous tapestry of black life, particularly from the Depression to the Civil Rights era. Of course, Hazel Scott's magnificent career is the brightest thread, and Chilton handles it with the same finesse and brilliance as her subject brought to the piano." ---Herb Boyd, author of Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin "A wonderful book about an extraordinary woman: Hazel Scott was a glamorous, gifted musician and fierce freedom fighter. Thank you Karen Chilton for reintroducing her. May she never be forgotten." ---Farah Griffin, Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Columbia University In this fascinating biography, Karen Chilton traces the brilliant arc of the gifted and audacious pianist Hazel Scott, from international stardom to ultimate obscurity. A child prodigy, born in Trinidad and raised in Harlem in the 1920s, Scott's musical talent was cultivated by her musician mother, Alma Long Scott as well as several great jazz luminaries of the period, namely, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Career success was swift for the young pianist---she auditioned at the prestigious Juilliard School when she was only eight years old, hosted her own radio show, and shared the bill at Roseland Ballroom with the Count Basie Orchestra at fifteen. After several stand-out performances on Broadway, it was the opening of New York's first integrated nightclub, Café Society, that made Hazel Scott a star. Still a teenager, the "Darling of Café Society" wowed audiences with her swing renditions of classical masterpieces by Chopin, Bach, and Rachmaninoff. By the time Hollywood came calling, Scott had achieved such stature that she could successfully challenge the studios' deplorable treatment of black actors. She would later become one of the first black women to host her own television show. During the 1940s and 50s, her sexy and vivacious presence captivated fans worldwide, while her marriage to the controversial black Congressman from Harlem, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., kept her constantly in the headlines. In a career spanning over four decades, Hazel Scott became known not only for her accomplishments on stage and screen, but for her outspoken advocacy of civil rights and her refusal to play before segregated audiences. Her relentless crusade on behalf of African Americans, women, and artists made her the target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during the McCarthy Era, eventually forcing her to join the black expatriate community in Paris. By age twenty-five, Hazel Scott was an international star. Before reaching thirty-five, however, she considered herself a failure. Plagued by insecurity and depression, she twice tried to take her own life. Though she was once one of the most sought-after talents in show business, Scott would return to America, after years of living abroad, to a music world that no longer valued what she had to offer. In this first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor and activist, Hazel Scott's contributions are finally recognized. Karen Chilton is a New York-based writer and actor, and the coauthor of I Wish You Love, the memoir of legendary jazz vocalist Gloria Lynne.

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Far East and South Asia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Communist Activities Hearings Before the Committee on Un American Activities House of Representatives Eighty first Congress First second Session S written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cultural Front written by Michael Denning and published by Verso. This book was released on 1998 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As garment workers, longshoremen, autoworkers, sharecroppers and clerks took to the streets, striking and organizing unions in the midst of the Depression, artists, writers and filmmakers joined the insurgent social movement by creating a cultural front. Disney cartoonists walked picket lines, and Billie Holiday sand 'Strange Fruit' at the left-wing cabaret, Café Society. Duke Ellington produced a radical musical, Jump for Joy, New York garment workers staged the legendary Broadway revue Pins and Needles, and Orson Welles and his Mercury players took their labor operas and anti-fascist Shakespeare to Hollywood and made Citizen Kane. A major reassessment of US cultural history, The Cultural Front is a vivid mural of this extraordinary upheaval which reshaped American culture in the twentieth century.

Download or read book Index of Congressional Committee Hearings not Confidential in Character written by United States. Congress. Senate. Library and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index V Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un American Activities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cumulative Index of Congressional Committee Hearings not Confidential in Character written by United States. Congress. Senate. Library and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un American Activities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book African American Actresses written by Charlene B. Regester and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about prevailing racial politics, on-screen and off-screen identities, and black stardom and white stardom. She reveals how these women fought for their roles as well as what they compromised (or didn't compromise). Regester repositions these actresses to highlight their contributions to cinema in the first half of the 20th century, taking an informed theoretical, historical, and critical approach.