How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement Free Audiobook Download by Ruth Feldstein

In her book, Feldstein discusses how the civil rights movement impacted black women who were entertainers. The book examines how entertainers used both their celebrity and race to try to change the social order.

Adenrele Ojo's new audiobook and audio book download "How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement" is an exciting and engaging read on the role of black women during the Civil Rights Movement. Through personal narratives, interviews, conversations, press clippings, music, and other sources of media, Feldstein explores how black women entertainers were able to use their platforms to change perspectives of oppressed communities and in turn keep the movement alive.

[Adenrele] talks about the experiences of being a black woman in entertainment and how she was able to find her voice as an entertainer and use it for activism. She also discusses the struggles that she faced as a performer, working through different identities and experiences.

The audiobook for 'How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement' is a book that examines how black women entertainers in the United States responded to civil rights struggles. The book features interviews with African-American female entertainers and historians including Diahann Carroll, Josephine Baker, Pearl Bailey, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Lillian Hellman, Katherine Dunham, Whoopi Goldberg and more.

As a black woman, it was difficult for Ruth to be a part of the entertainment industry in the 1950s and 1960s. The movement also changed how Ruth thought about her role within society. In her book she shares her personal experience through interviews with other black entertainers from the time period and describes how they navigated their careers during that time.

Although Black women entertainers were largely excluded from the civil rights movement, they were able to contribute in different ways. For example, black women entertainers like Josephine Baker and Pearl Bailey performed for President Kennedy during his visit to Africa. They also used their influence through their communities to support the civil rights movement. One of the most obvious ways that entertainers contributed was through social media.