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 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
A Historical Note on Blackface
1media/VA Minstrels Iden.JPG2020-12-10T02:14:47+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a83453913A Historical Note on Blackfaceimage_header2020-12-10T02:19:11+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Today blackface is generally understood to be racially offensive, although historians argue that the practice didn't quite start that way. Sentence here. But as blackface became more popular and especially more commercial,..Historians also agree that Dan Emmett played a major role in making blackface x. Steeped in racial stereotypes; link to NMAAH site The Virginia Minstrels
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1media/VA Minstrels Iden_thumb.JPG2020-12-08T16:12:53+00:00Drawing of the Virginia Minstrels1Drawing of the Virginia Minstrels, included in the short play, "The Origin of Negro Minstrelsy and the Birth of Emmett's Dixie Land," by Raymond Iden, 1938media/VA Minstrels Iden.JPGplain2020-12-08T16:12:53+00:00Raymond Idean, "The Origin of Negro Minstrelsy and the Birth fo Emmett's Dixie Land" Drawing1938Raymond Iden. The Origin of Negro Minstrelsy and the Birth of Emmett's Dixie Land. Mt. Vernon OH. Christian Music Publishing Co, 1938, Ohio History Connection.Public DomainDrawing/jpg