DOC Grassroots Garveyism: The Universal Negro Improvement Association in the Rural South; 1920-1927 (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) by Mary G. Rolinson in History

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This collection of thirteen essays; edited by historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage; brings together original work from sixteen scholars in various disciplines; ranging from theater and literature to history and music; to address the complex roles of black performers; entrepreneurs; and consumers in American mass culture during the early twentieth century. Moving beyond the familiar territory of blackface and minstrelsy; these essays present a fresh look at the history of African Americans and mass culture. With subjects ranging from representations of race in sheet music illustrations to African American interest in Haitian culture; Beyond Blackface recovers the history of forgotten or obscure cultural figures and shows how these historical actors played a role in the creation of American mass culture. The essays explore the predicament that blacks faced at a time when white supremacy crested and innovations in consumption; technology; and leisure made mass culture possible. Underscoring the importance and complexity of race in the emergence of mass culture; Beyond Blackface depicts popular culture as a crucial arena in which African Americans struggled to secure a foothold as masters of their own representation and architects of the nation's emerging consumer society. The contributors are:Davarian L. Baldwin; Trinity CollegeW. Fitzhugh Brundage; University of North Carolina at Chapel HillClare Corbould; University of SydneySusan Curtis; Purdue UniversityStephanie Dunson; Williams CollegeLewis A. Erenberg; Loyola University ChicagoStephen Garton; University of SydneyJohn M. Giggie; University of AlabamaGrace Elizabeth Hale; University of VirginiaRobert Jackson; University of TulsaDavid Krasner; Emerson CollegeThomas Riis; University of Colorado at BoulderStephen Robertson; University of SydneyJohn Stauffer; Harvard UniversityGraham White; University of SydneyShane White; University of Sydney