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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with James Hatch |
| Library | Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries |
| Collection Name | Henry Hampton Collection |
| Collection Overview | These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century. |
| Date | 20 Jan 1998 |
| Description | James Hatch is an academic and author who specialises in the history of African-American theatre. In this interview Hatch discusses the concept of the 'minstrel show', a form of entertainment developed in the US in the nineteenth century, consisting of variety acts performed by white people in blackface, or, especially after the American Civil War, by African Americans. |
| Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
| Theme(s) | Arts and Culture |
| Keywords | arts, slavery, American Civil War |
| Places | New York, New York |
| People | Hicks, Charles; Walker, George; Williams, Bert |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Name | Hatch, James |
| Interviewer | Pollard, Sam |
| Date of Recording | 20 Jan 1998 |
| Duration | 00:14:40 |
| Copyright | Copyright is owned by Washington University |