Emilie Raymond is associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of "From My Cold, Dead Hands": Charlton Heston and American Politics.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess2. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and “Money”3. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network4. The Arts Group and the March on Washington5. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism6. Stars for Selma7. Celebrities and Black PowerEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

"A welcome addition to growing literature that stresses the heterogeneity of civil rights protest in the postwar era. . . . Raymond’s study provides both insight and avenues for further scholarly discussion and exploration. . . Highly entertaining and readable."

Emilie Raymond is associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of "From My Cold, Dead Hands": Charlton Heston and American Politics.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess2. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and “Money”3. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network4. The Arts Group and the March on Washington5. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism6. Stars for Selma7. Celebrities and Black PowerEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

"A welcome addition to growing literature that stresses the heterogeneity of civil rights protest in the postwar era. . . . Raymond’s study provides both insight and avenues for further scholarly discussion and exploration. . . Highly entertaining and readable."

Emilie Raymond is associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of "From My Cold, Dead Hands": Charlton Heston and American Politics.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black Celebrity and the Making of Porgy and Bess2. Sammy Davis, Jr.: Daring, Deferential, and “Money”3. Harry Belafonte and the Northern Liberal Network4. The Arts Group and the March on Washington5. Dick Gregory and Celebrity Grassroots Activism6. Stars for Selma7. Celebrities and Black PowerEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

"A welcome addition to growing literature that stresses the heterogeneity of civil rights protest in the postwar era. . . . Raymond’s study provides both insight and avenues for further scholarly discussion and exploration. . . Highly entertaining and readable."