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Author Fearn-Banks, Kathleen.

Title The A to Z of African-American television / Kathleen Fearn-Banks
Published Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xliii, 525 pages) : illustrations
Series A to Z guide series ; no. 49
A to Z guides ; 49.
Contents Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Series Rankings and Ratings; Appendix B: Emmy Award Winners; Bibliography; About the Author; Photospread
Summary From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume covers it all with entries on all different genres?animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows?and performers suchas Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey. Additionally, information can be found on general issues, ranging from African American audiences and stereotypes through the related networks and organizations. This book has hundreds ofcross-referenced entries, from A to Z, in the dictionary and a list of acronyms with their corresponding definitions. The extensive chronology shows who did what and when and the introduction traces the often difficult circumstances African American performers faced compared to the more satisfactory present situation. Finally, the bibliography is useful to those readers who want to know more about specific topics or persons
Notes Originally published in 2006 as Historical dictionary of African-American television
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-524)
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans on television -- Dictionaries
African Americans in television broadcasting -- Biography -- Dictionaries
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
African Americans in television broadcasting
African Americans on television
Genre/Form Biographies
Dictionaries
Form Electronic book
Author Fearn-Banks, Kathleen. Historical dictionary of African-American television.
LC no. 2005016899
ISBN 9780810863484
0810863480
0810868326
9780810868328