The Dothan Eagle
1917
The Wiregrass Farmer
1923
The Wiregrass Farmer
1931
The Wiregrass Farmer
1931
The Wiregrass Farmer
1933
The Abbeville Herald
1935
The Abbeville Herald
1939
The Dothan Eagle
1949
The Dothan Eagle
1949
The Wiregrass Farmer
1950
The Wiregrass Farmer
1950
The Dothan Eagle
1953
The Dothan Eagle
1954
The Dothan Eagle
1954
The Wiregrass Farmer
1957
The Wiregrass Farmer
1962
And below are clips from longer articles.
The Dothan Eagle
1923
The Wiregrass Farmer
1929
Alabama Journal
1953
The Montgomery Advertiser
1953
You might think that blackface and minstrels were only going on in the South. Not the case. Far from it. In fact, through my research on newspapers dot com, I've found that even states that we think of as more progressive (say, California) were very much into it. Also, other states in the West and Northwest - ones with very few blacks - have a significant track record. And then there's Canada. Check this out: History of Blackface in Quebec. Click here to learn more about the history of blackface. And for added complexity, there are lots of examples of blacks performing in blackface. See this.
Judy Garland
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cotton Watts
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