Title

'Who dat say chicken in dis crowd', 1898. Creator: C.A.A..

Caption

'Who dat say chicken in dis crowd', 1898. 'The Big Feature of E.E. Rice's "Summer Nights"...The Great Success of "Clorindy" or the Origin of the Cake-Walk"'; words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will. Marion. 'Clorindy' was a musical by African-American writers with African-American performers. 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

HRM23A09_119

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,3Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,6in x 18,0in / 4090 x 5410 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal people black child children library music arts bird birds country entertainment color chicken design cockerel rooster cock location century print score concept language offensive controversy African American African-American sheet music afro-american public library MONOCHROME song controversial racism United States of America Colour vaudeville 19th century graphic design 1890s New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL racist American America USA united states Cook Dunbar M Marion M Witmark & Sons Witmark M. Witmark & Sons Will Heritage Art scores 19th-century implied racism racial stereotype Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Paul Lawrence Dunbar Paul Lawrence derogatory Notated music coon song Will Marion Cook Will Marion William Mercer William Mercer Cook C.A.A. A. C.A. Marcus Witma