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 that ... condemnation from modern critics, namely for Jolson’s widespread use of blackface. Rabinowitz, his budding pop performer, leaves ...
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 ...