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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction: Picturing Freedom 1
1. Exhibitions of Faith and Fellowship 13
2. Cinema and the God- Given Right to Play 42
3. Colored Th eaters in the Jim Crow City 64
4. Monuments of Progress 94
5. The Fight over Fight Pictures 116
6. Mobilizing an Envisioned Community 139
7. Race Films and the Transnational Frontier 171
Conclusion: Picturing the Future 199
Notes 207
Acknowledgments 277
Index 281

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction: Picturing Freedom 1
1. Exhibitions of Faith and Fellowship 13
2. Cinema and the God- Given Right to Play 42
3. Colored Th eaters in the Jim Crow City 64
4. Monuments of Progress 94
5. The Fight over Fight Pictures 116
6. Mobilizing an Envisioned Community 139
7. Race Films and the Transnational Frontier 171
Conclusion: Picturing the Future 199
Notes 207
Acknowledgments 277
Index 281

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