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

"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 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 ...

About the Album: In the 1920s, Al Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer and dubbed The World's Greatest Entertainer. He popularised many songs that benefited from his ...