Our gang : a racial history of The little rascals /

It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams, and the public loved it.The story of race and Our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, Julia Sun-Joo, 1976- (Author)
Other Authors:	Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (author of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Our Gang films > History and criticism. African Americans in the motion picture industry > History > 20th century. African Americans in motion pictures. Racism in motion pictures. Race relations in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. ART / Film & Video. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Introduction: All of Us
1. The Eternal Boy
2. A Boy and His Gang
3. 100% American
4. Sambo's Awakening
5. Everyman
6. The New Negro
7. Movie-Made Children
8. The Good Soldier
9. The Little Rascals
10. The Good Old Days
Epilogue: Coming Home.