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Racism in popular culture

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Couple in supposed Native American costumes at the Forest Ballroom

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Two unidentified white people at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City dressed in male and female supposed Native American costumes, the woman on the...

Date Published
November-1964
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GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Elsa Maxwell at reception

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Members of the Yakama tribe who appeared in the Technicolor film “Canyon Passage” holding a reception for Elsa Maxwell and others, presenting her with...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Pitty Pat

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Lee Lackey (Likely) dressed as a Japanese woman named "Pitty-Pat" in a grey patterned kimono, make up and wig while at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas...

Date Published
February-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

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