by Donald Bogle
Davis, Bette, 371–72, 374, 473
Davis, Ossie, 323, 418, 519, 525
Davis, Sammy, Jr., xii, 221, 241–42, 251, 532, 540
“Death in the Afternoon,” 265
Death of a Gunfighter (film), 382
Death of a Salesman (Miller), 435
Decca Records, 231, 422
De Cuir, Irene, 287–88
Dee, Ruby, 418, 480–81, 519, 525
Deep Are the Roots (play), 418
Deep River (play), 321
Defiant One, The (film), 469
DeKorte, Juliann, 538–40
DeKorte, Paul, 538–39
Denny, Jack, Orchestra, 229
De Paur, Leonard, 307
Depression, 89, 171, 186–90, 198, 208–9, 232, 293–94, 300
De Rajah, Joveday, 102
Desmond, Cleo, 91
Devine, Andy, 233
de Wilde, Brandon, 447–48, 450, 469–70, 475, 536
de Wilde, Fritz, 447, 450
Diaghilev, Serge, 338–39
Diamond, Legs, 179
Dieterle, William, 354
Dietz, Howard, 260, 265–66
“Diga Diga Doo,” 188
“Dinah,” 109, 112–16, 120, 145, 154, 170, 231, 281, 413, 422, 466
Dismond, Geraldyn, 56, 103–5, 130, 148, 151, 298
Dixie to Broadway, 142, 208
Donegan, Dorothy, 540
Donehue, Vincent J., 481
“Don’t Blame Me,” 230
Dorsey, Jimmy, xii, 173, 216, 328, 354
Dorsey, Tommy, xii, 173, 216, 354
Dotson, Clarence, 101–2
Douglas, Aaron, 52, 122, 149, 313
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 531
Douglas, Louis, 144, 151
Douglass, Frederick, 150
“Do What You Did Last Night,” 116, 158–59
Down Beat, 473
Downey, Morton, 424
“Down-Hearted Blues” 79–80, 115
“Down Home Blues,” 65–66
“Down in My Soul,” 331
Downs, Hugh, 536
“Do Your Duty,” 36, 60, 119
Drake, C. Carroll, 64
Driggs, Frank, 121, 230
Drysdale, Louis, 184
Du Bois, W. E. B., 61, 63, 193, 359
Duchin, Eddie, 307
Duke, Vernon, 301, 338–39, 343
Duke Is Tops, The (film), 383
Dumb Luck, 91–92
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 138
Duncan, Isadora, 124
Duncan, Todd, 270–71, 341, 353, 355, 457
Dunham, Katherine, 251, 340, 342–44, 355, 357, 373–74, 393, 415–16, 525
Dunn, Blanche, 346
Dunne, Irene, 372
Dunne, Philip, 431, 444
Durante, Jimmy, 214
Duryea, Terry, 73
Dust Tracks on a Road (Hurston), 362
Duvivier, Julien, 360
Dvor˘ák, Antonín, 109
Eagle, S. P., 361
“Easter Parade,” 225
Ebony, 234, 462–63
Edens, Roger, 380
Edwards, James, 418, 469–71, 482, 525
Einstein, Albert, 329
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 451, 463, 495
Eisenhower, Mamie, 531
Eldridge, Roy, 508
“Eli Eli,” 106–7, 134, 195, 239, 306
Ellington, Duke, xii, 68, 168, 173, 184, 193, 207, 210, 213–14, 216, 230, 254, 257, 267, 287, 291–92, 297, 299, 312, 325, 328, 336, 347, 355, 359, 366, 371, 373, 380, 386, 416, 482
Ellison, Ralph, 445
Elzy, Ruby, 270, 301
Emery, John, 313, 328
Emperor Jones, The (O’Neill), 52, 265
film, 273, 310
Erwin, Stuart, 287
Escudero, Ralph, 65
Ethel Waters Floor Show, The, 121
Ethel Waters Reminisces (album), 519
Ethel Waters Revue, 121
Ethel Waters’ Greatest Years (album), 533–34
Ethel Waters Trust Agreement, 540
Ethel Waters Vanities, 121
Etting, Ruth, 193, 233
Evans, Maurice, 324
Evening with Ethel Waters, An, 504
“Everybody Loves My Baby,” 153
Ex-Flame, The (film), 169
Face the Music, 217
Fairbanks, Douglas, 75
Falkenburg, Jinx, 446, 478–79, 484
Faulkner, William, 125, 433, 481, 502
Fauset, Jessie, 126, 330
Fay, Frank, 401
Fazenda, Louise, 171
Feather, Leonard, 120, 422–23, 540
Ferguson, Edna, 275
Ferrer, José, 310, 336, 355, 426
Fetchit, Stepin, 168, 206, 214, 239, 254, 286, 366, 377, 419, 434
Field, John, 474
Fields, Benny, 152–53
Fields, Dorothy, xii, 195, 211, 233
Fields, W. C., 360
Fire in the Flint, The (White), 124
Fiske, Dwight, 131
Fitzgerald, Ella, 68, 120, 125, 230, 256–57, 331, 347–48, 393–94, 413, 505, 525
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 481
“Fix Me,” 307
Fletcher, Dusty, 214, 415, 423
Fluellen, Joel, 400–401, 527, 540
Fonda, Henry, 287, 360
Fontanne, Lynn, 398
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Shange), 309
Ford, John, 430–32, 434–36
Ford, Wallace, 299
Four Sons (film), 432
Fourteenth Amendment, 420–21
Fox Studios, 168
Foy, Eddie, Jr., 152, 261
Franciosa, Anthony, 503
Francis, Arlene, 484
Frankfurter, Felix, 447
“Frankie and Johnny,” 304–7
Frazier, Brenda, 313
Frazier, Mal, 99
Freed, Arthur, 380, 388
Freedley, Vinton, 335
Freeman, Leonard, 507
Freeman, Marian, 377
From Harlem to Paris, 156
From Here to Eternity (film), 471
Furness, Lord, 183
Gable, Clark, 336, 368, 371, 372
Gabriel, Gilbert W., 196
Gale, Moe, 425
Garbo, Greta, 226
Gardella, Tess, 177, 188
Gardner, Ava, 433
Gardner, Chappy, 157, 194, 205
Gardner, Reginald, 261
Garfield, John, 314, 371, 372
Garroway, Dave, 479, 506
Gelb, Arthur, 504
General Electric Guest House (TV show), 466, 481
General Electric Theatre (TV show), 481
Gentleman’s Agreement (film), 217, 430–31, 435
Gentry, James, 135–36
George White’s Scandals of 1921, 188
“Georgia Blues,” 66, 88, 104, 127
“Georgia on My Mind,” 331
Gershwin, George, 195, 196, 212, 219, 269–70, 301, 315
Gershwin, Ira, 260
“Get Happy,” 212
“Get Up Off Your Knees,” 158–59
Ghosts (Ibsen), 423
Gibson, John, 71–74
Giddins, Gary, 120, 540
Gielgud, John, 427
Gigi (film), 373, 380
Gillespie, Dizzy, 473
Gilpin, Charles, 52, 141
Gish, Dorothy, 303, 481
Gish, Lillian, 303, 348, 499
“Give Me a Heart to Sing To,” 231
Glaser, Joe, 418
Glass Menagerie, The (Williams), 443, 453
Glenn, Tyree, 305, 307, 331
“Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night,” 116–17, 119, 428
“God Bless America,” 372
Go Down Moses (TV show), 481–81, 519
Godoy, Arturo, 335
Goetz, William, 412
Going Places (film), 347
Goins, Babe, 144
Goins, Bobby, 144
G
oldberg, Jack, 86
Goldberg, Rube, 193
Gold Bug, The, 139
Goldie, William, 329
Goldwyn, Sam, 339
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell), 202
film, 359, 456, 503
Gooding, Sally, 214
Goodman, Benny, xii, 226, 230, 308, 354–55, 398
“Good Man Is Hard to Fine, A,” 80
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 320
Gordon, Barney, 41, 42, 55
Gordon, Taylor, 207
Gordy, Berry, Jr., 163
Gorrell, Stuart, 331
Gosden, Freeman, 410, 531
“Got a Bran’ New Suit,” 262
Graham, Billy, 493–501, 505, 512, 517–19, 525, 528–29, 531–32, 534–37, 540–41
Graham, Martha, 125, 500, 531
Graham, Ruth Bell, 494, 499, 531–32, 538, 540
Grainger, Porter, 91, 331
Granny Maumee, 141
Grant, Cary, 359, 372, 393
Granville, Bonita, 354
Grapes of Wrath, The (film), 430, 432
Grayson, Jessie, 355
Great Migration, 66, 79
Green, Cora, 98–99, 103, 155, 162, 175
Green, Mitzi, 193
Green, Paul, 207
Green, Plunkett, 183
Green, Raymond, 67, 75
Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor, 24, 62
Greenlee, Rufus, 56, 57
Green Pastures, The (Connelly), 186–87, 191, 207, 229, 245–46, 253, 315
film, 306, 341, 376
Green Thursday (Peterkin), 199
Greenwood, Maury, 302–3
Greer, Sonny, 214
Grier, Roosevelt, 530
Griffith, D. W., 431
Grisman, Samuel H., 300, 303
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (film), 469
“Guess Who’s in Town,” 116, 158
Guest, Morris, 86
Guilaroff, Sydney, 382
Guilbert, Yvette, 104
Gullah tradition, 199, 272–74
Gumm, Harold, 144, 158, 161, 177, 190, 195, 208, 213, 221, 236, 254–55, 270, 276, 284, 305, 329, 335, 338, 353–54, 369, 371, 383–84, 390
Gunn, Bill, 500, 508
Haakon, Paul, 261
Hale, Wanda, 396
Hall, Adelaide, 72, 119, 125, 136, 188, 190, 193, 206, 208, 211
Hall, Juanita, 487
Hall, Mordaunt, 181
Hall, Radclyffe, 178, 462
Hallelujah (film), 168–69, 171, 173–74, 376
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 143, 144
Hammond, John, 89
Handy, W. C., 26, 59, 61–62, 96, 195–96, 238, 298–99, 491
Hansberry, Lorraine, 503
“Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe,” 384, 393, 397, 542
Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, The (Wilder), 500
Harbin, Suzette, 427
Harburg, E. Y. “Yip,” 260, 368, 380, 384, 416, 491
Harlem, 62
“Harlem on My Mind,” 220, 225–26, 230, 250
Harlem Renaissance, 51–52, 57, 121–22, 125, 130, 148, 273, 300, 320
Harmon, Francis, 438
Harmony Emperors, 171–72
Harrington, Hamtree, 221, 227, 233, 245, 250–51, 253
Harris, Dickie, 422
Harris, Edna Mae, 423
Harris, Ida (great aunt), 3, 6, 16
Harris, Jeb, 417
Harris, Julie, xii, 264, 313–14, 443, 448–50, 453, 469–73, 511, 535, 536
Harris, Percy “Bud,” 458, 460
Harris, Sam, 216, 218, 224–25, 244, 250, 252
Harris, Theresa, 172, 376–77
Harrison, Marion, 190
Harrison, Richard B., 193, 207
Hart, Lorenz “Larry,” 277, 339
Hart, Moss, xii, 216–18, 220, 223–25, 228, 244, 269
Harvey, Georgette, 161, 267, 270, 274, 299, 306, 309, 321–22, 329
Hathaway, Henry, 430
Hawkins, Coleman, 425, 508
Hayes, Helen, 320, 322, 336, 367, 426, 443
Haynes, Daniel, 168–69, 174, 207
Hayton, Lennie, 163
Hayward, Susan, 473
Hayworth, Rita, 176, 360, 412
Hazel Scott Show, The (TV show), 458
Healy, Dan, 211, 216
Heard, J. C., 422
Hearst, William Randolph, 495
Heart Is a Rebel, The (film), 500–501
Hearts in Dixie (film), 168, 171, 174, 376
Heath, Gordon, 418
“Heat Wave,” x, 220, 226–27, 229–30, 250, 262–63, 267, 291, 466, 476, 542
Heckart, Eileen, 499
“Heebee Jeebies,” 116
Hegamin, Lucille, 59
Height, Dorothy, 330
Held, Anna, 139
Hellinger, Mark, 193
Hellman, Lillian, 324, 426
Hello, 1919!, 42, 57
Henderson, Edmonia, 96
Henderson, Fletcher, xii, 51, 62–69, 83–84, 88, 92–94, 103, 120, 210, 214, 366, 428–29, 433–34, 445, 474–75
Henderson, Horace, 68
Henderson, Irma, 69
Henley, Lou, 55
Hepburn, Katharine, 398
Hernandez, Juano, 508
Hewes, Henry, 475
Heyward, Dorothy Kuhns, 143, 201, 207, 269–75, 284, 300, 309, 312, 330, 346
Heyward, DuBose, 143, 185, 201, 207, 269–75, 284, 300, 303, 309–10, 312, 330, 346
Heyward, Jane Screvens, 272
Heywood, Donald, 91, 133, 136, 144
Hickey, William, 278
High Tor (Anderson), 303
Hill, Arthur, 534
Hill, Florence, 216, 247, 304–6
Hill, J. Leubrie, 57
Hill, Jo, 27, 29, 32–34, 38–40
Hill, Leitha, 211
Hill, Maggie, 27, 29, 32, 34
Hill Sisters, 27, 29, 32–33, 82, 102–3, 156
Hines, Earl “Fatha,” 395
Hinton, Milt, 331
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” 13, 16, 448–49, 452, 472, 497–98, 502, 518
His Eye Is on the Sparrow (autobiography), 461–63, 484, 489
Hitchcock, Alfred, 314, 412
Hitchler, Jacob J., 71
Hite, Les, 366, 376, 393
Hit Parade of 1943, The (film), 173
Hit the Deck, 369, 371, 390
Hogan, Ernest, 137–44, 141
Holder, Geoffrey, 483
Holiday, Billie, xi, 120, 125, 172, 228, 230, 251, 257, 282–83, 297, 323, 359, 408, 413, 419, 427, 462, 525, 533
Holiner, Mann, 195, 196
Holland, Betty Lou, 464
Hollywood Palace (TV show), 523–24
Holm, Celeste, 456
Holman, Libby, 193
Holmes, Algretta (adopted daughter), 165–67, 173–75, 181, 187, 200–201, 221–22, 233, 267, 285, 400–406, 413, 424, 446, 521
Holmes, Mozelle, 165, 267, 424, 462, 491–92, 533
Holt, Nora, 183, 407
“Holy Unto the Lord,” 525
“Home,” 136
Home of the Brave (film), 433, 444, 469
Home (TV show), 484
“Honey in the Honeycomb,” 385, 387, 393
“Honeysuckle Rose,” 189
Hooray for Love (film), 292
Hoover, Herbert, 186, 218
Hope, Bob, 269, 372, 393, 536
Hopkins, Arthur, 321
Hopper, Hedda, 369, 383, 427, 444, 471, 511, 522
Horne, Edna Scottron, 91
Horne, Lena, xi, 21, 91, 120, 161, 163, 169, 172, 211, 214, 216, 251, 279, 283, 302, 342, 359, 362, 369, 371, 374–75, 377, 382–89, 393, 396–98, 407–8, 413, 425, 460, 479, 482, 485, 491, 513, 525
Hot Chocolates, 51
Hot Mikado, The, 50, 334
“Hottentot Potentate,” 262, 265–66
Hour of Decision (radio show), 495
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 458
Howard, Ethel (niece), 41, 123, 161, 407, 498
Howa
rd, Floretta, 464, 466–67, 483–84, 492, 516, 533
Howard, Genevieve (sister), 8, 11, 41, 94, 123, 161, 285, 333, 402, 407, 463, 516, 519, 540–41
Howard, Joe, 109, 112
Howard, Louise Anderson “Momweeze” (mother), 3–4, 6, 8–11, 15, 18, 20, 29, 41, 94, 123, 151, 160, 205–6, 273, 285, 311, 323, 332–33, 366, 402, 426, 429, 448, 457, 463, 509, 516, 518–20
Howard, Norman (stepfather), 8, 9, 11
Howard, Willie, 419
“How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long?,” 79
“How Long Has This Been Going On?,” 219
Hudson, Norman, 420
Hughes, Langston, 52, 121, 125–26, 130, 148–49, 193, 202, 269, 355, 359, 395, 407, 412, 454, 491
Hughes, Revella, 64, 311, 312
Hull, Henry, 142
“Hundred Years from Now, A,” 230
Hunter, Alberta, 57–58, 60, 65, 79–81, 91–92, 193, 310–12, 322–23, 325, 336, 389, 423, 479
Hurst, Fannie, 125, 362
Hurston, Zora Neale, 52, 125, 130–31, 151, 362–63, 412
Hurt, Marlin, 455
Huston, John, 392
Hutton, Barbara, 179
“I Ain’t Gonna Sin No More,” 231, 307, 428
Ibsen, Henrik, 423
“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” 188, 214, 230
“I Can’t Stay Here by Myself,” 307
“If You Ever Change Your Mind,” 327
“I Got Rhythm,” 477
“I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plans,” 218, 260
“I Just Couldn’t Take It Baby,” 230
“I Just Got a Letter,” 331
“I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird,” 155
“I’m Coming, Virginia,” 145, 153, 510
Imitation of Life (Hurst), 125
film (1934), 62, 310, 312, 362, 441
film remake (1959), 502
“I’m Lookin’ for Another Handy Man,” 214
Impellitteri, Vincent, 476
“I’m Trying to Teach My Man Right from Wrong,” 98
“I’m Wild About That Thing,” 36, 119
In Abraham’s Bosom (play), 52
In Bamville, 104
In Dahomey, 139–40
Ingram, Clifford, 168
Ingram, Rex, 299, 341, 373, 392, 397, 423
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ix, 426, 440, 457, 468, 484, 506
International Revue, 188
Inter-State Tatler, 149
In This Our Life (film), 392
Intruder in the Dust (film), 433, 444
Iron Horse, The (film), 432
Irwin, May, 138–39, 153
I Talked with God (Mercer), 412, 423
“It’s Right Here for You,” 59
“I’ve Found a New Baby,” 116
“I Want My Sweet Daddy Now,” 136, 149
“I Want to Be Somebody’s Baby Doll,” 54
Jackie Gleason Show, The (TV show), 466
Jackman, Harold, 124, 320
Jackson, Charles, 66, 81
Jackson, Fay, 354
Jackson, Mahalia, 125, 214
