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.

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

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

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
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