A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

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320 pages | first published 2021

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At the March on Washington in 1963, Josephine Baker was in a mood to reflect on her life and her legacy. She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers the world had ever seen, but, she told the crowd, "I was a devil in other cou...
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