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The Tower 1920 "Echoes From the Minstrel"
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Title
The Tower 1920 "Echoes From the Minstrel"
Subject
Description
The "Echoes From The Minstrel" section toward the end of the Westhampton College yearbook is a collection of jokes and quotes written in "Negro dialect." "The Minstrel" is a reference to the minstrel shows that the Glee Club began putting on in May of 1915. These performances included blackface performance.
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Tower 1920: 125.
Publisher
The Tower, University of Richmond
Date
1920
Relation
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Tower125-1920.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Citation
“The Tower 1920 "Echoes From the Minstrel",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed September 20, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/36.