[PDF] Training of the American Actor by From Theatre Communications Group in Arts-Photography

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Drawing extensively on black newspapers and commentary of the period; Karen Sotiropoulos shows how black performers and composers participated in a politically charged debate about the role of the expressive arts in the struggle for equality. Despite the racial violence; disenfranchisement; and the segregation of virtually all public space; they used Americas new businesses of popular entertainment as vehicles for their own creativity and as spheres for political engagement.