Richard Bernstein's biography charts Jolson's success and addresses the reviled practice of blackface that helped to make ...

a Baltimore actor who specialized in impersonations of Al Jolson, decided to stop his act four years ago — audiences objected to him performing, authentically, in blackface.

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie with talking actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927.

The New York congressman apologized for wearing blackface in a newly revealed college photo — before suggesting that what he ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that ... condemnation from modern critics, namely for Jolson’s widespread use of blackface. Rabinowitz, his budding pop performer, leaves ...

Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume, but he's not the first public figure in New York to cause ...

The history of blackface dates back to the American minstrel shows of the 19th century, in which white performers caricatured ...

Though Mr Rice died in 1860, blackface and Mr Rice's legacy of Jim Crow continued unabated. Sheridan Libraries/Levy/Gado Sheet music depicting white singer and comedian Al Jolson in blackface When ...

A RETIRED US police officer plans to perform a blackface concert in aid of six colleagues charged over the death of black man Freddie Gray in custody. Bobby Berger, who was dismissed by the Baltimore ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s ...