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Blackface and The Birth of a Nation

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Difference between Blackface and The Birth of a Nation

Blackface vs. The Birth of a Nation

Blackface was and is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person. The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

Similarities between Blackface and The Birth of a Nation

Blackface and The Birth of a Nation have 23 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abolitionism in the United States, American Civil War, Amos 'n' Andy, Bamboozled, Barack Obama, Boston, Civil rights movement, D. W. Griffith, Dixieland, Jim Crow laws, Mammy archetype, NAACP, New York City, Oxford University Press, Philadelphia, Reconstruction era, Republican Party (United States), Rotten Tomatoes, Spike Lee, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, Whiteface (performance), YouTube.

Abolitionism in the United States

Abolitionism in the United States was the movement before and during the American Civil War to end slavery in the United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Amos 'n' Andy

Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community.

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Bamboozled

Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the resulting violent fallout from the show's success.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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D. W. Griffith

David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American director, writer, and producer who pioneered modern cinematic techniques.

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Dixieland

Dixieland, sometimes referred to as hot jazz or traditional jazz, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century.

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Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

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Mammy archetype

A mammy, also spelled mammie, is a Southern United States stereotype for a black woman who worked as a nanny or general housekeeper and, often in a white family, nursed the family's children.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Whiteface (performance)

Whiteface is a form of performance in which a person wears theatrical makeup in order to make themselves look like a white person, usually for comic purposes.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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Blackface and The Birth of a Nation Comparison

Blackface has 431 relations, while The Birth of a Nation has 272. As they have in common 23, the Jaccard index is 3.27% = 23 / (431 + 272).

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