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African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960 by Charlene B. Regester Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-253-22192-7 / 0253221927 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22192-6 / 9780253221926 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 |