Jim Crow stereotype
Date
1884-1890, 1907-1909, undated
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Portrayals of poorly-dressed Black men in a rural setting, in keeping with the minstrel character whose comedy was used to enforce ideas of Black men as ignorant and idle through caricatured speech and a preference for leisure over labor. The "Jim Crow" character was a rural counterpart to the "Zip Coon" character.
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GRA 0148, Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.