Beyond Blackface
Title
Beyond Blackface
Subject
Shuffle Along; Blackface performance
Description
An examination of the use of blackface makeup, costumes, characters, and dialect in the musical Shuffle Along
Creator
Richard Carlin
Source
Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm, and Race by Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom, Oxford U Press, 2020
Publisher
Richard Carlin
Date
Summer 2021
Contributor
Richard Carlin
Rights
Copyright
Relation
www.eubieblake.net
Format
Online files
Language
English
Type
Historical material
Identifier
African American studies
Collection Items
Sissle and Blake, c. 1921
A performance photograph of the duo Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle taken during their vaudeville days.
"We Didn't Have A Negro Act"--Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake speaks about the nature of his vaudeville act with Noble Sissle.
"The Oyster Man" sheet music cover
Ernest Hogan portrayed on the cover of "The Oyster Man," his musical comedy that he starred in and produced
Election Day in Jimtown, excerpt
Portion of a comic routine from the musical Shuffle Along.
Amos 'n' Andy
A photo of the creators/performers of Amos 'n' Andy during their heyday of their radio show.
Advertisement for trousers, c. mid-19th century.
An advertisement for clothing that uses blackface imagery to promote its product.
"Old Zip Coon," sheet music cover
19th century minstrel sheet music cover depicting Zip Coon, a stereotypical Black character
Color cut-out of minstrel figures
A European cut out probably from the late 19th or early 20th century depicting two minstrel stereotypes
"Daddy Won't You Please Come Home" excerpt
1921 recording by Gertrude Saunders of one of her featured songs from Shuffle Along.
Noble Sissle in a scene from a Vitaphone short, 1927
Noble Sissle shown performing a spiritual in a short sound film made in 1927