
1967
First Published
4.31
Average Rating
375
Number of Pages
Black Magic Langston Hughes' last book, presents the vast, sweeping story of African-American entertainers—the artists and the musicians, the singers and the dancers, the obscure and the illustrious—from the tragic beginnings in slavery to he triumphant artistic achievements of the late 1960s. Long considered the most comprehensive history of African-Americans in the performing arts, this milestone in black history features hundreds of rare and beautiful illustrations. Covering both the obstacles to achievement that these artists faced, and their eventual triumph, Black Magic—long out-of-print—is an essential book of American history.
Avg Rating
4.31
Number of Ratings
13
5 STARS
38%
4 STARS
54%
3 STARS
8%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads
Author

Langston Hughes
Author · 71 books
Through poetry, prose, and drama, American writer James Langston Hughes made important contributions to the Harlem renaissance; his best-known works include Weary Blues (1926) and The Ways of White Folks (1934). People best know this social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist James Mercer Langston Hughes, one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry, for his famous written work about the period, when "Harlem was in vogue." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langsto...