"This book engagingly chronicles the challenges and achievements of African Americans in Hollywood....Bogle's narrative style makes for absorbing reading, and the book's glossy, photo-filled pages will further attract readers."—Booklist
"Utterly essential and sophisticated..."—-Jeff Simon, Buffalo News
"The leading scholar and historian on African Americans in film puts it all in one volume in this well-illustrated study."—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"A superb and detailed book that both educates and informs. I can't recommend this title enough."—DVDCorner.net
"No one knows more (or has written more extensively) about the history of African-Americans' contributions to cinema than Donald Bogle."—-Leonard Maltin, LeonardMaltin.com
"Little-known stories, megawatt stars on-set and off, and a sweeping history of Black film—from silent films to the millennium and beyond—make this triumphant tome a must-read for any movie lover.” —-Lindsay Powers, Amazon Book Review Editor
I’ve been a student of American history since my first visit to an historic house museum in third grade. I could almost hear the chatter of the generations who once lived there, and I’ve been hooked on history ever since. It’s both an overused cliché and an underappreciated gift that there is never an end […]