Booker T. Washington and the White Fear of Black Charisma
First, the crowd gathered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895, heard the band play “Dixie”; then they listened
Read moreFirst, the crowd gathered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895, heard the band play “Dixie”; then they listened
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Read moreAs the twentieth century shrinks in the collective imagination of American popular culture, select iconographic images and sounds remain eternal.
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