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Real Negro Girl

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The first biography of performing artist, writer, and civil and human rights activist Fredi Washington.

Following Fredi Washington's debut in her first dramatic role in 1926, Alfred Spengler of the New York North Side News reported that she was "astonishingly pretty for a real Negro girl." Throughout her career, Washington was vulnerable to discrimination because her near-white skin and hazel eyes, coupled with her self-identification as Negro, cast her as too physically white to play black and too culturally black to play white. The multifaceted Washington was of course a great deal more than her looks; she was a performing artist, a writer, and a civil and human rights activist. Embracing the genres of dance, theater, and film, she used her talent, creativity, and determination to sustain a thirty-year career in the arts and in labor and political activism during the New Negro Renaissance and beyond.

Although Fredi Washington has been largely forgotten, A Real Negro Girl shows that, at the zenith of her career, she was a household name in the black community, well known in mainstream America, and a darling of the European press. Most famous for her role in the film "Imitation of Life," she was a part of a cohort that included Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Delving into her professional and personal experiences in Harlem, nationally, and internationally, this book illuminates Washington's significance to the New Negro Renaissance and reveals the vital influence of black performing artists and of black women on the movement. Over the years, Washington expanded her social and political consciousness and anti-racism activism, encompassing journalism, labor organizing, protests, and support of progressive politics. As a founder and executive director of the Negro Actors Guild of America, she sought to protect black artists from professional exploitation
and physical abuse.

Incorporating close readings of images and films, interviews, and fan mail, as well as writings by and about Washington, A Real Negro Girl highlights Fredi Washington as an influential actor in the African American quest for civil and human rights.

About the Author:
Laurie A. Woodard is an assistant professor of history at The City College of New York. She began her professional life as a dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem before pursuing an academic career.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197626214
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 750 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0197626211
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jun 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Fredi Washington and the New Negro Renaissance
  • Width: 156 mm


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