Oral Histories
African Americans in Entertainment and Media
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Abstract:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in the industry. Also documented is how inextricably linked each interviewee was to the history and struggles of the larger African American community in Los Angeles.