An illustration for Martin Rowson's adaptation of Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
An editorial cartoon by Jay Jackson
Chicago Defender
8 July 1939
Chicago Defender
8 July 1939
Two events coincided last spring that spawned this interest. One was the release of Nancy Goldstein's book on the life and work of Jackie Ormes. The other was the acquisition, by Morris Library, of ProQuest's The Chicago Defender electronic database.
Of course, I had to look at some of Jackie Ormes' work in its
original setting. While tracking that down I noticed something
very odd occuring with the shading of some
of the characters' faces. That led me down a path investigating
both perceptions of race and representations of race during the early
part of the twentieth century. What started as a passing interest
turned into something very complicated and interesting.
‘Passing’ Over And Under The Color Line: The Visual Creation
of Black Identity During the 1930s
of Black Identity During the 1930s
An illustration for Matthew Gregory Lewis' Castle Spectre
