2023-11-012023-11-011884-1890,GRA 0148, Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.Box 3, F06https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33573Portrayals 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.No Copyright - United StatesRacism--United States--Pictorial worksPostcards--Collectors and collecting--United StatesStereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising--United StatesBlack people in advertisingAfrican Americans in advertisingStereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media--United StatesRacism in cartoonsRacism in mass mediaBlack people in popular cultureAfrican Americans in popular cultureTrade cards (advertising)GRA 0148