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Uncovering Stand-Up Comedy’s Feminist Media History

Feb 22 2025
Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.
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Summer Tour Dates with Maxine Gordon

Jun 20 2019
Author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-praised official biography of her late husband."Maxine Gordon astutely frames the fiery daring of Dexter Gor
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