Whitewashing Blackface and Whistling Dixie : The Commemoration of Dan EmmettMain MenuAbout the AuthorAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Birth of a ProjectPart 1: Understanding Dan EmmettPart I: Understanding Dan EmmettPart 2: Preserving Dan Emmett's Memory, 1895-1935Covers early efforts to commemorate Dan Emmett and Dixie by Mount Vernon locals and southern Confederate heritage groupsPart 4: Debating and Defending the Legacy of Dan EmmettExplores the commemoration of Emmett--and challenges to it--in last forty years, as both Dixie and blackface minstrelsy have become clearer symbols of racismEpilogue: Coming Back into HistoryEpilogueMapping Emmett Commemoration in Mount VernonThis map shows the different sites where Dan Emmett and "Dixie" have been commemorated in Mount Vernon, from the early 20th century through today. It includes physical memorials, museums, and streets, schools, and businesses named in honor of EmmettSourcesRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Renee Romano
Part 3: "A Way of Life In Knox County": Constructing Civic Identity around Dan Emmett and Dixie
12020-10-22T13:50:21+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a83453919Explores Mount Vernon commemoration of Emmett from the 1940s through the 1970svisual_path572020-12-10T13:58:02+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
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1media/Mount Vernon police patch, ebay.jpg2020-12-02T20:57:30+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Embracing Emmett and Dixie in the Postwar Era42Commemoration of Emmett in Mount Vernon in the 1940s and 1950splain2021-09-02T19:19:25+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Dixie Days.JPG2020-10-27T19:29:56+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Memory Activist Extraordinaire: H. Ogden Wintermute's Dixie Obsession30A Local Resident's Campaign to Preserve and Promote Emmett and Dixieplain2021-09-02T20:49:51+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/BOD program 1969, OHC.JPG2020-12-02T20:58:17+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539"A Living Memorial": The Dixie Corporation and Dan Emmett Heritage Tourism49Creating a Dixie Tourism Campaign in the 1960s and 1970splain2021-09-02T21:02:18+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539