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Freedom in laughter : Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby, and the Civil Rights Movement /

In this groundbreaking study, author Malcolm Frierson moves comedy from the margins to the center of the American Civil Rights Movements. Freedom in Laughter: Dick Gregory, Bill Cosby and the Civil Rights Movement reveals how stand-up comedians Dick Gregory and Bill Cosby used their increasing mains...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frierson, Malcolm, 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Gregory, Dick.
Cosby, Bill, > 1937-
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American entertainers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Segregation > Humor.

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