Title

'Dinah', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Dinah', 1900. 'A Sentimental Negro Ballad, words by Lorin F Deland, set to music by Clayton Johns'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A03_037

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,3Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,8in x 15,6in / 3532 x 4677 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal female women woman people black male library man men love music arts bird birds country entertainment science guy solar system astronomy geography Southern moon design full moon lunar location century print score concept swamp lovers lover language offensive stork controversy African American African-American sheet music sentimental afro-american public library song shorebird controversial wading bird bayou racism United States of America vaudeville graphic design ballad love song 1900s 20th century New York Public Library NYPL racist American America USA geographical feature united states Unknown Douglas Clayton Johns Heritage Art scores implied racism racial stereotype Deland derogatory coon song H.M. Douglas H.M. Lorin F. Deland Lorin F. Clayton Johns