Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new biography of the Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson. He puts the rightly reviled practice ...

A famed vaudevillian from the early 1900s, Al Jolson could be the most notable blackface performer of all time. He started ...

Upon receiving a copy of Richard Bernstein’s “Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer ... He is literally the poster boy for blackface minstrelsy as it was in its final hurrah ...

Though Mr Rice died in 1860, blackface and Mr Rice's legacy of Jim Crow continued unabated. Sheridan Libraries/Levy/Gado Sheet music depicting white singer and comedian Al Jolson in blackface When ...

The ‘Blitz’ director routinely traverses the path between visual art and feature films, navigating a historically treacherous ...

Two White students drew the ire of social media over their blackface and baby oil Halloween costumes to mimic Diddy.

Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that ... condemnation from modern critics, namely for Jolson’s widespread use of blackface. Rabinowitz, his budding pop performer, leaves ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s ...