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Article "Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Presents Minstrel Show"
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Article "Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Presents Minstrel Show"
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Description
The article discusses a minstrel show that was performed by members of the Y.W.C.A. organization. Minstrel shows were a popular form of entertainment for white audiences. Minstrel shows were either dances, comic skits, or musical shows performed by white people in blackface. The article says the minstrel show was set in the dining room with one of the Y.W.C.A. members playing the "chief nigger" and the other two members playing end men. These performances were based off of racial stereotypes which is why the Y.W.C.A. chose to feature the show in a dining room setting where the actors played African American servers waiting on white people.
Source
"Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Presents Minstrel Show: Young Ladies Act as End-Men and Have Jolly Evening." The Richmond Collegian IV, no. 8 (November 23, 1917): 1. https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19171123.2.8&srpos=2&e=------191-en-20--1--txt-txIN-
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1917-11-23
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English
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RichmondCollegianIV.8.1-19271123.JPG
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Citation
“Article "Y.W.C.A. Cabinet Presents Minstrel Show",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed October 15, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/86.