How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement
1,718 views · Published 12 June 2014 · 59:55 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: US National Archives · 2014 · Education
Author Ruth Feldstein explores the little-known but central role played by black women entertainers—like Lena Horne, Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, and Cicely Tyson—in helping communicate and shape the civil rights movement. A book signing follows the program.
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