About the Author

Donald Bogle is the foremost authority on African Americans in film. His books–which include Dorothy Dandridge; Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks and Primetime Blues–have won awards and wide critical acclaim. He teaches at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Manhattan.

Reviews

“Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian.”
–SPIKE LEE

Praise for Dorothy Dandridge

“An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse . . . [Bogle] has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era in Hollywood and passionately documented the contribution of one of its most dazzling and complex performers.”
–The New York Times Book Review

“Donald Bogle, that pioneering safekeeper of the history of blacks in film, has completed the first definitive biography of Dandridge. Bogle’s epic biography depicts all the rich details of Dandridge’s life.”
–Vogue

Praise for Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks

“Bogle is passionate and good-humored. His book is valuable as a film reference work and social document.”
–GENE SISKEL

“Far more inclusive and informative than previous books on the subject.”
–The New York Times

"Mr. Bogle continues to be our most noted black-cinema historian."
-SPIKE LEE

Praise for Dorothy Dandridge

"An ambitious, rigorously researched account of the long-ignored film star and chanteuse . . . [Bogle] has fashioned a resonant history of a bygone era in Hollywood and passionately documented the contribution of one of its most dazzling and complex performers."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Donald Bogle, that pioneering safekeeper of the history of blacks in film, has completed the first definitive biography of Dandridge. Bogle's epic biography depicts all the rich details of Dandridge's life."
-Vogue

Praise for Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks

"Bogle is passionate and good-humored. His book is valuable as a film reference work and social document."
-GENE SISKEL

"Far more inclusive and informative than previous books on the subject."
-The New York Times