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Article "Glee Club Plans Rollicking Affair"
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Title
Article "Glee Club Plans Rollicking Affair"
Subject
Description
This article announces the first minstrel show given at the University since its move to the West End in 1914, put on by the Richmond College Glee Club. The announcement was published a week before the show. The article promotes blackface, showcasing performers as "charcoaled singers and jokers." The article also promotes jokes at the expense of African Americans saying that the show will be a "laughing earthquake."
Source
"Glee Club Plans Rollicking Affair: Charcoaled Singers and Jokers Return to University Foot-Lights After Years." The Richmond Collegian VII, no. 12 (January 7, 1921): 5. https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19210107.2.27&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1921-01-07
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
RichmondCollegianVII.12.5-19210107.JPG
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Citation
“Article "Glee Club Plans Rollicking Affair",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed April 19, 2025, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/23.