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    This annotated bibliography contains sources that will be used to research the life and career of blues singer Gladys Bentley. The sources include primary sources like articles and videos featuring Bentley as well as secondary sources that provide historical context of the Harlem Renaissance era and information on Bentley's background, performances, and impact. Several sources discuss Bentley's role as a pioneering figure for the LGBTQ community and how she openly expressed her sexuality through her drag performances in the 1920s.

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    This annotated bibliography contains sources that will be used to research the life and career of blues singer Gladys Bentley. The sources include primary sources like articles and videos featuring Bentley as well as secondary sources that provide historical context of the Harlem Renaissance era and information on Bentley's background, performances, and impact. Several sources discuss Bentley's role as a pioneering figure for the LGBTQ community and how she openly expressed her sexuality through her drag performances in the 1920s.

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    This annotated bibliography contains sources that will be used to research the life and career of blues singer Gladys Bentley. The sources include primary sources like articles and videos featuring Bentley as well as secondary sources that provide historical context of the Harlem Renaissance era and information on Bentley's background, performances, and impact. Several sources discuss Bentley's role as a pioneering figure for the LGBTQ community and how she openly expressed her sexuality through her drag performances in the 1920s.

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    This annotated bibliography contains sources that will be used to research the life and career of blues singer Gladys Bentley. The sources include primary sources like articles and videos featuring Bentley as well as secondary sources that provide historical context of the Harlem Renaissance era and information on Bentley's background, performances, and impact. Several sources discuss Bentley's role as a pioneering figure for the LGBTQ community and how she openly expressed her sexuality through her drag performances in the 1920s.

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    Annotated Bibliography

    Primary Sources

    Bentley, Glady​s. “‘I Am Woman," Gladys Bentley (Ebony Magazine, August 1952).”
    ShirletteAmmons. Shirlette , February 11, 2014.
    http://shirletteammons.com/?p=899​.

    This source contains the article “ I Am a Woman Again” by Gladys Bentley. She wrote
    this article in 1952, and it was featured in Ebony Magazine. This article gives the public
    an understanding on how she grew up, how her childhood shaped her adult life, and
    talks about her marriage. I plan on using this source mainly in my body paragraph that
    talks about her childhood.

    Gladys Bentley at Mona's Club 440, San Francisco - 1942. Accessed November 2,
    2019. ​http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist10/mona.html​.

    This website includes a flyer from San Francisco 1942. The flyer illustrates the
    performers of the night, and Gladys Bentley is one of the featured performers. I will
    show this flyer in an appendix, and use it in my last body paragraph which describes her
    career after she moved to California.

    “You Bet Your Life.” NBC, ​November 28, 1957.


    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=gladys bentley on you bet your
    life&view=detail&mid=8EDAE34C30BA1F9B1ED98EDAE34C30BA1F9B1ED9&F
    ORM=VIRE.

    This video is an excerpt from the show “You Bet Your Life”, but the specific clip I am
    using is starring Gladys Bentley. In the episode she answers a few personal questions,
    and talks about her life and career. She then proceeds to perform one of her songs.

    Russonello, Giovanni​. “Gladys Bentley, Gender-Bending Blues Performer and '20s


    Harlem Royalty.” The New York Times. The New York Times, February 1, 2019.
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.h
    tml​.

    This website has an obituary for Gladys Bentley, as well as information about her life. It
    talks about all her accomplishments, and how she lived. I will reference this source
    when I am talking about the nature of her performances.

    Secondary Source
    Shah, Haleema. “The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules.”
    Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, March 14, 2019.
    https://www.smithsonianm​ag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-glad
    ys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708/​.
    1

    This website talks about Gladys Bentley’s life, and her performances. It also talks about
    things she struggled with during her life. The article also provides information on the
    Harlem Renaissance. I will use this source mainly for my first body paragraph which
    provides background information on that era in America.

    “The Harlem Renaissance.” ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association. Accessed


    November 18, 2019. ​http://www.ushistory.org/us/46e.asp​.

    Thus website provides an image that gives me an insight of what clubs were like. It also
    talks about African Americans migrating to Harlem. In addition it lists different artists that
    contributed to the Harlem Renaissance.

    Anders, Tisa. “Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) • BlackPast.” BlackPast, June 17, 2019.
    ​https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bentley-gladys-1907-1960/​.

    This website provides information on her childhood that I didn’t know. It also talks about
    her late life and performances.

    Church, M. M.(2018). If This Be Sin: Gladys Bentley And The


    Performance Of Identity. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from
    ​https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4706

    This journal talks about how Gladys Bentley was more public then others in expressing
    her sexuality. It also talks about how she was a pioneer of her time, but how she has
    become less known as time has passed.

    Ashburn, Elizabeth. "Drag shows: Drag kings and male impersonators."


    GLBTQ: An encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture
    (2004).

    This article provides information on the time period. Including drag races, transgender
    people, and gay people during this time. It shows us how many people were pioneers
    for LGBTQ rights during their time

    Stavney, Anne. "Cross-dressing Harlem, re-dressing race." Women's Studies: An


    Interdisciplinary Journal 28.2 (1999): 127-156.
    2

    This talks about cross dressing during the time. Why people did it. The affects it had on
    culture. Also how it expressed people’s sexuality.

    Kasik, Mary E. Performance and sexuality during the Harlem Renaissance: Gladys
    Bentley and Ma Rainey. Diss. Arts and Letters, 1916.

    This is a thesis written about to Blues Singers, and one of them is Gladys Bentley. It
    gives information about the culture of her time, and again the Harlem Renaissance. It
    talks about how she lived, and her impact on society.

    “REMEMBER: Gladys Bentley & The Clam House,” June 20, 2011.
    http://harlembespoke.blogspot.com/2011/06/remember-gladys-bentley-clam-house.html
    .

    This website gives information about the notorious Clam House where Gladys Bentley
    performed.

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