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The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda  Tate
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bookshelves: biographies-memoirs, bipoc-books, historical-fiction

A really fascinating, well written historical biography about the life of Hattie McDaniels, the Oscar winning actress who played Mammy in Gone with the wind. I didn't know much about Hattie's life at all and this book was such an interesting look at her love life (she was married four times), her Hollywood career and her tragic death from breast cancer. Great on audio narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman and definitely worth a read for anyone wanting to know more about 1940s and 50s America for Black people and especially Black entertainers!
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February 18, 2024 – Started Reading
February 18, 2024 – Shelved
February 18, 2024 – Shelved as: biographies-memoirs
February 18, 2024 – Shelved as: bipoc-books
February 18, 2024 – Shelved as: historical-fiction
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