Freedom's Gate
Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone and the nightclub that shaped the civil rights movement
$32.03
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2026
Summary
An illuminating portrait of five Black woman artists, including Maya Angelou and Nina Simone, and the New York nightclub that helped inspire the civil rights movement
Before they became household names, Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone needed a place to practice and perform. That place was the Village Gate, a New York City nightclub that became a downtown hotspot for Black art, culture, music, and politics.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349018874 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349018871 |
| Author: | Soyica Diggs Colbert |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Soyica Diggs Colbert
Soyica Diggs Colbert is the Idol Family Professor at Georgetown University and a winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship. Author of the award-winning Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry, she has written for the New York Times and Washington Post. She lives in Washington, DC.
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