Angela Bassett - The Black Screen Goddess

By John Perry

Angela Bassett - The Black Screen Goddess is an unauthorized biography of one of the top icons of American cinema and art whose imprints and influence resonates round the world. Written by John J. Perry, this work of honor will delight all fans of Angela Bassett and inspire upcoming starlets to be the best they can be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oyster Press
• Release date: May 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201851231

John Perry

John Perry graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University, with additional studies at University College, Oxford, England. Before beginning his career as an author in 1997, he was an award-winning advertising copywriter and radio producer. John has published 21 books as an author, collaborator, or ghostwriter. He is the biographer of Sgt. Alvin York, Mary Custis Lee (wife of Robert E. Lee and great granddaughter of Martha Washington), and George Washington Carver. Among other books, he has also written about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial (Monkey Business, with Marvin Olasky, B&H Publishing, 2005) and contemporary prison reform (God Behind Bars, Thomas Nelson, 2006). He is a two-time Gold Medallion finalist and Lincoln Prize nominee. He lives in Nashville.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

-  INTRO

I – BIRTH & EARLY YEARS

II – HER SCHOOL YEARS

III – CAREER AS AN ARTIST

IV – MILESTONES AND AWARDS

V – FAMILY LIFE

-  OUTRO

-  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

-  OTHER BOOKS BY OYSTERS PRESS

INTRO

ANGELA BASSETT – the DIVA of the Screen needs little introduction. Her face is a favorite to millions of fans worldwide who are both entertained and inspired by the woman of substance. A beauty blessed with unmatchable grace, candor and honor, the story of Angela Bassett reads more like one of the classic movies she has starred in, produced and directed.

/But who really is this Black Queen of the Screen?

This abridged version of her biography makes a modest effort to reintroduce ANGELA BASSETT to her fans again, recreating her story of grace, hard work and success, especially for kids and other light readers interested in learning about of one America’s best actress ever and a woman of inspiration to many people around the world.

We hope you will enjoy and love it!

I.

BIRTH & EARLY YEARS

Where was she born ?

/Our star child was born and christened Angela Evelyn Bassett on August 16, 1958 in Harlem in New York City. Gifted to two hard working parents, Daniel Benjamin Bassett who was an electrician and Betty Jane (née Gilbert), a civil servant, Angela occupied the vantage first born position in the family, as her younger sister was born less than a year after her.

Angela Bassett zodiac sign is the Leo – the star reflected in her magnetic personality, generosity, loyalty, enthusiasm, optimism and her passion about her work, traits that would combine to produce a cocktail of regal personality loved by one and all.

What was growing up like?

/Angela Bassett grew up in a Christian home with high standards. Being the granddaughter of a preacher and having a mother raised on high virtues, Angela was to imbibe this culture of virtue, modesty and hard work – sterling qualities you’d find in African American families with ambition for the American Dream and eye on the future.

However, in 1962 at age 4, her parents got divorced which led Angela’s mother, forced by the circumstance, to send her young daughter to St. Petersburg, Florida to stay with her aunt and uncle, pending when she would find her foot and take up her motherly role for her girls. Not minding her economic restriction, Angela Bassett’s mother made it mandatory that her daughters do well in their