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A candid memoir filled with vivid anecdotes: Growing up in the South, navigating stand-up comedy's challenging early days, brushes with celebrities like Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, and insights on Ghostbusters, Supermarket Sweep, The Daily Show. Revealing struggles as a tall Black woman in comedy.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Description
An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.
If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010—and
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English
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A biography of Dorothy Dandridge, leading lady in the successful 1950s movie, Carmen Jones. The first African-American to be nominated for an Oscar--she lost to Grace Kelly of The Country Girl--Dandridge also starred in the controversial film, Island in the Sun, Hollywood's try at a black-white romance without anyone actually kissing.
10) Whoopi Goldberg
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Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A look at the career of the comic and actress who took Hollywood by storm in Ghost and The Color Purple, but whose off-color language and liberal politics have drawn storms of protest. Whoopi talks in depth and with typical candor about her life.
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Series
Publisher
DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the world famous entertainer, Zendaya. This title introduces Zendaya from her beginnings in Oakland, California, and leads readers through her shining career. Touching on each stage of her life, easy-to-understand text and full-color images explain just how much Zendaya has accomplished."--
15) Sidney Poitier
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Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Describes the life, career, and societal impact of actor Sidney Poitier"--
16) Oprah Winfrey
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Find out about the life of American entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey from her childhood to breaking into the media and her many campaigns for change. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children."--
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