- About
- Blog
-
Student Projects
-
Exhibits
- Race and Racism Observed In UR Sororities
- Global Citizens: How to Integrate a Curriculum
- Dining Discrimination at the University of Richmond
- Lost Cause Ideology, Found at the University of Richmond
- Students of Color in the Messenger
- Westhampton College Traditions
- Racism in UR Fraternities (1947-1985)
- Resistance & Compliance
- The Title IX Controversy at UR
- "Dark Side of College Life"
- Chinese Student Experience
- Student Life and White Supremacy
- George Modlin's Segregated University of Richmond
- Students of Color at UR (1946-1971)
- Performance & Policy
- Silence in the Archives
- Black Student Experience at UR (1970-1992)
- Faculty Response to Institutional and National Change (1968-1973)
-
Podcasts
- Building the Web
- Something Wrong with the System
- Culture of Complacency
- On Campus but Not Welcomed
- Can I Survive?
- Where I Come From, You Recognize Humanity
- The Damage of the Affirmative Action Myth
- A Feather in Their Cap: The Story of Barry Greene (R'72)
- A Campus Divided
- Freeman Digitally Remastered
- Remembering the Forgotten: Black Staff Members (1946-1971)
- Spider of Color: Korean-American Representation at the University of Richmond
- Theater History at the University of Richmond
- Digital Stories
- Timelines
-
Exhibits
- Oral History Collection
- divURse
- Resources
- Browse Items
- Subjects List
Article "Ebony Faced Merry Makers Frolic Tonight"
Dublin Core
Title
Article "Ebony Faced Merry Makers Frolic Tonight"
Subject
Description
This article announces the first minstrel show given at the University of Richmond since the college relocated from its Lombardy Street location to the West End campus in 1914. The show, put on by the Richmond College Glee Club, is said to feature over 30 participants and the Richmond College Orchestra. The Glee Club was designed to host "the greatest line of jokes, conundrums, songs, stunts, etc. that can be imagined." The performers are described throughout the article as "ebony-featured," meaning the performers wore blackface. The show is promoted as an event that "cannot be missed."
Source
"Ebony Faced Merry Makers Frolic Tonight: Frolic Tonight at Red Cross Building in First Events of Its Kind for Some Years." The Richmond Collegian VII, no. 13 (January 14, 1921): 1, 8. https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19210114.2.5&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1921-01-14
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
RichmondCollegianVII.13.1-19210114.JPG
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Text Item Type Metadata
Files
Citation
“Article "Ebony Faced Merry Makers Frolic Tonight",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed May 30, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/25.