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No Give up! No Retreat! examines the careers of fifteen pioneer performers and their triumphs over herculean obstacles. This can be a look back over the twentieth century and documents personal histories of staggering achievement despite institutional racism, gender oppression, and classism. Twenty-four years within the making, No Give up! No Retreat! is an indispensable work on African Americans within the performing arts, examining well known performers, such as James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, and Pearl Bailey. Rare archival material and various personal interviews enrich this tome. Glenda E. Gill s work is a moving and every so often tragic account of the lives and careers of a few of The united states s most outstanding African American pioneers in theater.