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When Colored Was Cool
Author(s): Cora M. Moncrief (Author)
- Publisher: Hats Off Books
- Publication Date: June 20, 2004
- Edition: Revised ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 212 pages
- ISBN-10: 1587363178
- ISBN-13: 9781587363177
Book Description
Blues singer Bessie Smith was a good-hearted, brawling alcoholic whose musical influence can still be heard today. The eclectic world she inhabited during the Harlem Renaissance was fascinating and strangely modern in its acceptance of racial mixing and unique lifestyles. In that world she found happiness and fulfillment along with disappointment and despair–and she sang about it all in her music.
When Colored Was Cool chronicles the most important year of Bessie’s life as it might have been seen through the eyes of a young, idealistic reporter. Filled with laughter and love, freaks and geeks, and loyalty and friendship, this story is a wild, memorable romp containing colorful characters and unforgettable moments.
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About the Author
Cora M. Moncrief has won the Organization of Black Screenwriter’s National Script Writing Competition in the Television Sitcom category, is an alumna of the Warner Brothers Comedy Writer’s Workshop, and has written for ABC’s Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper.
