Michelle R. Scott is an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author of Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: They Called It T.O.B.A. Chapter 1. "Whistling Coons" No More: Race Uplift & the Path to T.O.B.A. Chapter 2. Hebrew, Negro, and American Owners: Black Vaudeville and Interracial Management Chapter 3. T.O.B.A Forms: The Interracial Business Plan for a New Negro Business Chapter 4. The Multiple Meanings of T.O.B.A: The Performers' Perspective Chapter 5. A Responsibility to Community: Circuit Theaters and Black Regional Audiences Chapter 6. "Trouble in Mind": The End of T.O.B.A. Time Epilogue: T.O.B.A.'s Legacy Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
"Scott's meticulously researched and exquisitely detailed account reveals the broad impact of the T. O. B. A. circuit and the complexities of its organization and operations. The discussions of individual performers--famous and obscure--and their experiences as they worked the circuit are riveting. This is a benchmark book in theater studies and the definitive account of this fascinating institution."--Allyson Nadia Field, author of Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film & The Possibility of Black Modernity