Black History Month may not be the most appropriate time to sell black Americana collectibles, especially if they include old tubes of “Darkie Toothpaste,” a “Mammy” cookie jar and a print ...

Black History Month may not be the most appropriate time to sell black Americana collectibles, especially if they include old tubes of “Darkie Toothpaste,” a “Mammy” cookie jar and a print ...

One look and you gasp. There’s a postcard from Dover, Del., of a shirtless black man being whipped in front of a crowd of white boys and men. “THIS IS THE WAY WE DO ’EM UP HERE,” the ...

Referred to, among other terms, as racist memorabilia or Black Americana, these items are sold in stores and online. Many of the objects are decades old. Others are shiny and new.

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His Manhattan apartment is packed with Black Americana collectibles – from Jim Crow-era signs that barred blacks from businesses to mammy-style cookie jars.

The first-of-its-kind festival aims to promote black influences on country, folk and Americana music. "The banjo is an African instrument in its origin," said Dusky Waters, the festival's co ...

Searching on the Facebook Marketplace for 'Black Americana' reveals items that depict minstrel caricatures harkening back to American slavery.

It offered a dizzying kaleidoscope of black Americana, from wax figures to historical artifacts to racist, Jim Crow-era memorabilia. "We got to preserve the whole story," he says.

Black memorabilia is one of the strongest sectors of the world of antiques and collectibles and, all things considered, that is probably a good thing, as is the uneasiness that comes with it. February ...

Brooklyn, NY, USA, June 3, 2025 -- A sterling silver set of three monkeys from around 1960 by the famous Italian silversmith Mario Buccellati, a Tiff ...