- 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
Extravaganza
Dublin Core
Title
Extravaganza
The Messenger, 1930-31
Page 24
Description
This poem by Ruth Fiske is about her watching Jazz dancing. Jazz is predominantly associated with African-American culture and was established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fiske is watching the "wild" intoxicating dance moves. She writes like she is trying to hold back, but cannot because the music is to intriguing. In the poem she states: "Pairs of moving atoms whirl To the ever shifting beat of man-made noise, While between their dual motions, others wind disentangled." Fiske is moved by this music and fascinated by the creation of this dance.
Creator
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
Richmond, Va
Date
1930-31
Format
Files
Collection
Citation
Ruth Fiske, “Extravaganza ,” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed June 2, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/252.