A review by evavroslin
Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way by Caseen Gaines

5.0

In this amazingly comprehensive chronicle of the origins of Black artists in music, theatre, film, and television, Caseen Gaines has laid the groundwork for what should be the essential volume on the subject for many years to come. Tracing the origins of Black performers from the 1830s on to blackface minstrelsy and the nuances of Black and white performers in this regard, Gaines goes into depth about the formation of vaudeville, then later Broadway, and Hollywood. For anyone who wants a definitive text on this subject, they should purchase this book right away.