Hosted by Madeline Wilson Ojo, Weekend Reader & Mocha Girls Read
Welcome to the HERSTORY Giveaway Hop, which is hosted by Madeline Wilson Ojo, Weekend Reader & Mocha Girls Read. And this month, we have a great giveaway!
HERSTORY Giveaway
We will be giving away 1 book to 1 lucky winner who reside in the US only.
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*** PRIZE ***
1 copy of HATTIE McDANIEL: BLACK AMBITION, WHITE HOLLYWOOD by Prof. Jill Watts
Synopsis
From an accomplished historian comes an uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood, as seen through the life and times of actress Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O’Hara in the movie classic Gone with the Wind. Her powerful performance won her an Oscar® and bolstered the hopes of black Hollywood that the entertainment industry was finally ready to write more multidimensional, fully-realized roles for blacks.
But despite this victory, and pleas by organizations such as the NAACP and SAG, roles for blacks continued to denigrate the African American experience. So Hattie McDaniel continued to play servants. “I’d rather play a maid then be a maid,” Hattie McDaniel answered her critics, but her flip response belied a woman who was emotionally conflicted. Here, in an exhaustively detailed and incisive text by a talented historian, is the story of a valiant woman who defied the racism of her time.
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What is the best book you have read about a Black Woman? If you haven’t what book about a Black Woman (non-fiction) is on your tbr?
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