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Donald Bogle discusses his book "Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks"

BROADCAST: Aug. 6, 1973 | DURATION: 00:55:01

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Synopsis

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. "Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films is Donald Bogle's study of Black actors and the roles they played in movies. Bogle believed it was important for Black people to see Black heroes in movies. Bogle concluded there were too few roles available for Black actors and too many roles were of stereo types.

Details

Broadcast Date
Aug. 6, 1973

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 54.49) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
55 minutes, 1 second

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Film African American History & Culture

People

Historians Authors, Writers

Tags

Bogle, Donald Toms, coons, mulattoes, mammies and bucks. Authors, American. Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Williams, Bert, 1874-1922 Poitier, Sidney, 1924- McDaniel, Hattie Gone with the Wind Dandridge, Dorothy

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