Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk
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Parent Collections - Kake Walk at UVM
Title - Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk
Creator - Loewen, James W.
Date Created - 1991
Description - At the time of this digital collection launch, this chapter is the only known scholarly piece on UVM's Kake Walk. James Loewen was a professor of sociology at the University of Vermont. This chapter was published in a book commemorating the university's bicentennial: Loewen, James. "Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk." The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years. Sr. ed. Robert V. Daniels. Hanover, NH / University of Vermont : Distributed by University Press of New England / University of Vermont, 1991.
Subject - African Americans in popular culture.
- Alumni and alumnae.
- Blackface entertainers.
- Cakewalk (Dance).
- College students.
- College teachers.
- Committees.
- Greek letter societies.
- Minstrel shows.
- Race discrimination.
- Race relations.
- Racism.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Whites -- Race identity.
- University of Vermont.
- Civil rights.
- Sexism.
Extent - 21 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2010-05-12, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Type of Resource - text
Source Document Location - University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location - University Archives, Record Group 53: Fraternities and Sororities, Series: Kake Walk
Publisher - Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Access Conditions - In Copyright
Access Conditions [Local] - For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
Identifier [Local] - kwsecondaryLoewen
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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