Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk

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Title: Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk
Author: Loewen, James W.
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.
Genre: chapters (layout features)
Format: text
Extent: 21 pages
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.
Source Document Location: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location: University Archives, Record Group 53: Fraternities and Sororities, Series: Kake Walk
Language: English
Note [Digital Version]: 2010-05-12, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Digital Format: Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Date Created: 1991
Access Conditions: Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.

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