Caricatures of Black Americans : sheet music 1861-1947

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Caricatures of Black Americans : sheet music 1861-1947

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White perceptions of African American as portrayed in the cover illustrations of sheet music. The quality of the artwork varies with its depictions, from crude racism to fairly refined perceptions of Black life over the period from the overthrow of slavery to the Great Depression.

3 linear ft.; 310 items

eng,

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649598

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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