Hollywood Black is a comprehensive overview of blacks in film from the silent era through contemporary times, offering striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.

This book covers the evolution of images on screen, from rigid stereotypes to groundbreaking performances, and highlights the changes in the film industry with the social and political atmosphere of the US.

It takes readers through Blaxploitation, megastars such as Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Whoopi Goldberg, and directors Spike Lee and John Singleton, and concludes in the new millennium with filmmakers like Barry Jenkins, Ava Du Vernay, and Ryan Coogler.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of black representation in Hollywood and the impact it has had on the industry as a whole.