Stereotypes of African Americans: Postcards & Greeting Cards

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Stereotypes of African Americans: Essays & Images

Imagery & Stereotyping Explained

Black Caricatures

How some people try to distance themselves from these images

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1910s Postcard: "Be'er Johnsing Preaches..."	1910s Postcard: "Eight Little Pickaninnies Kneeling In a Row"	1913 Postcard: "There was some sport at Odessa"	c.1920s Postcard: "dis-pos-zess means move"	c.1920s Postcard
c.1920s Postcard: "'Hunting' In Dixieland" (hunting for lice)	c.1920s Postcard: "I'se gwine back to Dixie"	c.1920s Postcard: "I've scrubbed and scrubbed but it don't seem to come off."	1924 Postcard: "A Row of Palms in Florida"	1930s Christmas Card
Coal Store Advertising Card: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"	Coal Store Advertising Card: "Hot Dawg"	c.1930s Postcard: "Look me over, buddy...I'm a real brunette!"	c.1930s Postcard: "A rose between two thorns"	c.1930s Postcard: "Ain't yo' jes' glad to heah ah'm heah?"
c.1930s Postcard: The Darkey Preacher	c.1930s Postcard: The Darkey Preacher	c.1930s Postcard: "The Three Bares"	c.1930s Postcard: "Working Hard for The Family Dinner"	1940s Postcard: "I may look like a coon but I haint!"
c.1940s Christmas Card	1940s Postcard about WWII rationing	c.1940s Postcard: "A Change is Good for Everybody"	c.1940s Postcard: "Ah takes after mah pappy..."	"Ah's bout as mad as ah can be"

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