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
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12020-12-10T14:42:46+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Advertisement for "The Jazz Singer," 19274The 1927 Warner Brothers film, "The Jazz Singer" featured Al Jolson performing in blackface. It was the first movie to pioneer synchronized singing and dialogue.plain2020-12-10T14:51:23+00:00Wikipedia Commons1927Warner Brothers StudioPublic DomainRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-10-18T23:53:22+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Dan Emmett in Blackface3Photo of Dan Emmett in blackfaceplain2020-11-06T01:59:57+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-11-05T20:18:07+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Advertisement for "Darkest America" by Al G. Field's Refined Negro Minstrels, 18962Advertisement for Field's Minstrels. "'Darkest America' 50 - Real Southern Negroes - 50 25 - Mobile Buck & Wing Dancers - 25 20 - The Charleston Shouters and Singers - 20 10 - Pickaninny Dancers - 10 20 - Matchless Musicians - 20 Si Hassen Ben Alis Troupe of Arabs Home Life in the South! Plantation Pastimes! Pictures of Dixie Land! Dances of the South! -- The Al. G. Field. Refined Negro Minstrels Opera House, Deseronto Monday Evg., April 20th -- Big Parade at 12.30 p. m. Plan open at Naylors." Advertisement from Deseronto Tribune, 17 April 1896, for "Darkest America", a show at Naylor's Theatre by the Al. G. Field Refined Negro Minstrels.plain2020-11-05T20:22:19+00:00Deseronto Tribune, 17 April 1896Advertisement1896Wikimedia CommonsPublic Domainimage/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-11-23T17:44:00+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Bryant's Minstrels Walkaround, December 19, 18592This 1859 playbill for Bryant's Minstrel depicts a "walkaround," a dance that involved the entire troupe and that usually ended the first act or served as the finale.plain2020-11-24T17:59:18+00:00Wikimedia CommonsDrawingBryant Minstrel's Playbill, 19 December 18591859Bryant's MinstrelsPublic DomainImage/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-10-18T23:53:24+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Virginia Minstrels, 18431Posters for the Virginia Minstrelsplain2020-10-18T23:53:24+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-10-18T23:53:24+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Dan Emmett Festival Logo1plain2020-10-18T23:53:24+00:00Dan Emmett Festival Facebook Page2018Dan Emmett Art s and Music FestivalRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
12020-11-06T17:27:59+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Cover, Dixie Sheet Music, circa 190011900s cover for sheet music for Dixie showing four men in blackfaceplain2020-11-06T17:27:59+00:00Wikimedia CommonsSheet music covercirca 1900Public Domainimage/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Blackface in Dixie movie_thumb.jpg2020-12-04T19:24:30+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Still Image from Dixie, 19431Still image depicting Bing Crosby and another cast member in blackface, Dixie, 1943media/Blackface in Dixie movie.jpgplain2020-12-04T19:24:30+00:00Film Still1943Paramount PicturesCopyright Status UnknownImage/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/VA Minstrels Iden_thumb.JPG2020-12-08T16:12:53+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Drawing 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/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Virginia Minstrels Dandy Jim from Caroline_thumb.jpg2020-12-10T14:35:56+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539"Dandy Jim from Caroline," 1844 Virginia Minstrels Song sheet1"Dandy Jim from Caroline," 1844 Virginia Minstrels Song sheetmedia/Virginia Minstrels Dandy Jim from Caroline.jpgplain2020-12-10T14:35:56+00:00From the collection of Lester LevyDrawing1844Robert Toll, "Behind the Blackface, " AMERICAN HERITAGE, April/May 1978, https://www.americanheritage.com/behind-blackface#4Public DomainDrawing/jpgRenee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Birth of Dixie props_thumb.JPG2020-12-12T02:11:13+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Prop Cut Out Hand from the production of "The Birth of Dixie," Mount Vernon, OH1This cut out prop of a gloved hand from the theatrical Dixie productions in Mount Vernon evoke blackface even though the shows did not use blackface make-up.media/Birth of Dixie props.JPGplain2020-12-12T02:11:13+00:00Cardboard Cut Outc. 1968-1974Knox County Historical SocietyBirth of Dixie ProductionCopyright Status UnknownImage/jpg40.379191666667,-82.5085305555561431502019080220190802143150Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
1media/Birth of Dixie props_thumb.JPG2021-04-02T19:53:06+00:00Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539Prop Cut Out Hand from the production of "The Birth of Dixie," Mount Vernon, OH1This cut out prop of a gloved hand from the theatrical Dixie productions in Mount Vernon evoke blackface even though the shows did not use blackface make-up.media/Birth of Dixie props.JPGplain2021-04-02T19:53:06+00:00Cardboard Cut Outc. 1968-1974Knox County Historical SocietyBirth of Dixie ProductionCopyright Status UnknownImage/jpg40.379191666667,-82.5085305555561431502019080220190802143150Renee Romano5fe3dd89d8626712516f143a0d2836783a834539
