A History Of Blackface In America

By Meha Ahmad

Oct. 22, 2019, 1:50 p.m. CT

Al Jolson performs in blackface makeup in the 1927 movie "The Jazz Singer." AP

A History Of Blackface In America

By Meha Ahmad

Oct. 22, 2019, 1:50 p.m. CT

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Reset sits down with Jane Rhodes of the University of Illinois at Chicago to learn about the history of blackface and why it persists in popular culture today.

GUEST: Jane Rhodes, department head and professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago