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Camp Howze Museum

"Minstrel Darky Doings"

Item

Title
"Minstrel Darky Doings"
Description
Photograph of white servicemen from the 84th Infantry Division Special Service performing in blackface as minstrels to entertain GIs at Camp Howze.
Date
1943-08-02
Source
"Minstrel Darky Doings." Gainesville Daily Register, August 2, 1943. Cooke County Library, TX.
Subject
Blackface
Racism
Blackface minstrel
Racist caricature
84th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
World War II
Camp Howze
Negro soldier
Black soldier
Racism in U.S. military
Racism in U.S. Army
Racism in America
Racist entertainment
greatest generation
U.S. military
racism
howitzer