| Author Name: | Mapp, Edward |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1982 |
| Journal: | Black Scholar |
| Volume: | 13(4-5) |
| Topic: | Race and Film |
| Pages: | 36-40 |
The author describes cinematic roles of black women from the 1920's to the 1970's as a proliferation of common stereotypes, but indicates a breakthrough to more sympathetic portrayals in the early 1970's.