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Introduction
Madame Sul-Te-Wan : the struggle for visibility
Nina Mae McKinney : early success and tumultuous career
Louise Beavers : negotiating racial difference
Fredi Washington : the masquerades and the masks
Hattie McDaniel : centering the margin
Lena Horne : actress and activist
Hazel Scott : resistance to othering
Ethel Waters : personification of otherness
Dorothy Dandridge : intertwining the reel and the real
Conclusion.
Madame Sul-Te-Wan : the struggle for visibility
Nina Mae McKinney : early success and tumultuous career
Louise Beavers : negotiating racial difference
Fredi Washington : the masquerades and the masks
Hattie McDaniel : centering the margin
Lena Horne : actress and activist
Hazel Scott : resistance to othering
Ethel Waters : personification of otherness
Dorothy Dandridge : intertwining the reel and the real
Conclusion.