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 3: "A Way of Life In Knox County": Constructing Civic Identity around Dan Emmett and DixieExplores Mount Vernon commemoration of Emmett from the 1940s through the 1970sPart 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 2: Preserving Dan Emmett's Memory, 1895-1935
12020-11-12T14:13:13+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a83453918Covers early efforts to commemorate Dan Emmett and Dixie by Mount Vernon locals and southern Confederate heritage groupsvisual_path332020-12-10T13:57:27+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
Contents of this path:
12020-11-10T19:00:16+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Remembering a Local Boy41Early commemorative actions in Mount Vernon, 1904-1925plain332022-08-10T19:06:27+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-11-12T20:29:58+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Dan Emmett, Dixie, and the Mythology of the Lost Cause37Remembering Emmett as a Confederate Heritage Projectplain2021-09-09T14:12:39+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Mary Darby Fitzhugh, Dixie Quotations, DDE Papers MS 335 Box 3 Folder 3 OHC-page-0.jpg2020-10-19T02:32:26+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Mary Darby Fitzhugh's Dixie Obsession39Mary Darby Fitzhugh and the campaign for the 1935 Dixie Memorialplain2021-09-02T19:11:55+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
