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Until my present study, African American entertainer Lorenzo Tucker had not been extensively discussed in histories of United States theater and film. ███

Intro to Topic · Tucker (entertainer)

Overlooked, until now.

Tucker · Jack of all trades

Worked as actor, singer, dancer, MC, producer, manager, administration, etc.

Tucker · Source of history

He personally witnessed the history of African American theater and film. His collection of artifacts is also first hand source material.

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Research Methodology · Special library collections, films, interviews with contemporaries

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Primary Source · Personal interviews with Tucker

Advantage of Method · Access to personal oral testimony

Disadvantage of Method · Testimony could be biased

Author needs to verify.

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Verification · What could not be verified was excluded

But most of his testimony has been corroborated.

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Conclusion · This study weaves together evidence to shed light on Tucker's career.

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Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)

Structure

The author mentions the collection of memorabilia as part of the material that “helps shed new light on a part of U.S. entertainment history about which there has been insufficient scholarship.”

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This is the best answer. The author mentions the memorabilia as a source that helps us learn about a part of U.S. entertainment history “about which, so far, there has been insufficient scholarship.” That part of history is the history of Lorenzo Tucker, who had not been extensively discussed in histories of U.S. theater and film.

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The author doesn’t discuss typical approaches to gathering historical data.

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The author doesn’t connect the memorabilia to reliance on Tucker’s memories.

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The author doesn’t suggest Tucker had many nonprofessional interests and accomplishments. Tucker worked in theater and film; we have no reason to think his memoribilia shows a range of interests and accomplishments unrelated ot his profession.

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The author doesn’t suggest that memoribilia is typically available to people who study entertainers. There’s no mention of what’s typically available to people who study entertainers.

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