Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television

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Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television is written by Bob McCann and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786458046 (ISBN 10) and 9780786458042 (ISBN 13).

The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television acPER010000tresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy Award and NAACP Image Award winners to B-film and blaxpoitation era stars. Each entry has a complete filmography of the actress's film, TV, music video or short film credits. The work also features more than 170 photographs, some of them rare images from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.