Sylvester Russell

Sylvester Russell (died October 11, 1930) was a singer who became a theater, film, and art critic in the United States.[1] He wrote for the Chicago Defender,[2] and Indianapolis Freeman.[3] He challenged segregation laws by sitting at a table in an upscale restaurant.[4]

He wrote about a theater transitioning to offer films.[5] He and Nora Douglas Holt were referred to as pioneers.[6]

Russell came into dispute with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as efforts to establish an association to build a memorial home for "Race actors" in honor of Florence Mills progressed.[7]

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References
  1. Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (February 27, 2017). The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496810052 – via Google Books.
  2. Everett, Anna (June 29, 2001). Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822326140 – via Google Books.
  3. Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (September 17, 2009). Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496800305 – via Google Books.
  4. https://www.thirdpersonproject.org/sylvester-russell-would-not-move
  5. Luckett, Moya (December 7, 2013). Cinema and Community: Progressivism, Exhibition, and Film Culture in Chicago, 1907-1917. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814337264 – via Google Books.
  6. McGuire, Phillip (1986). "Black Music Critics and the Classic Blues Singers". The Black Perspective in Music. 14 (2): 103–125. doi:10.2307/1214982. JSTOR 1214982 – via JSTOR.
  7. Justice-Malloy, Rhona. "The Florence Mills Association vs. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson". continuumjournal.org.
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