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Tainted Glory: Truth And Fiction In Contemporary Hollywood, Patricia A. Turner
Tainted Glory: Truth And Fiction In Contemporary Hollywood, Patricia A. Turner
Trotter Review
In the earliest days of cinema, the image of the African American on screen matched the off-screen image. When a 12-minute version of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903) was filmed, "Tom" shows were the most popular stage shows, the Stowe novel was still a top-seller, and the notion that white southerners were the real victims of the peculiar institution was gaining increasing acceptance in academic circles. When D.W. Griffith's epic and revolutionary Birth of a Nation (1915) depicted a set of stock African-American movie characters — the subservient overweight domestic servant; the indifferent, coquettish mulatto; the savage, sexually driven buck; and …
Uncle Monroe, Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely
Uncle Monroe, Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely
Trotter Review
Poem by Peggy Trotter Dammond Preacely, the grandniece of William Monroe Trotter.
Commentary: Trotter Review, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Wornie L. Reed
Commentary: Trotter Review, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Wornie L. Reed
Trotter Review
This issue of the Trotter Institute Review is devoted to the portrayal of blacks in the media. The mass media can be a positive or negative force in the struggle for racial progress. Unfortunately, the black community faces media that provide many negative influences. Consequently, there is a continuing need to address this issue.
The mass media is a major instrument of socialization in the American society. As such, it helps to determine how an individual sees the world. The prevailing definitions of social reality and social problems, as well as the characterization of groups of individuals, are learned through …