High school students in blackface, 1952

Students seated on the Martin County High School stage, dressed in blackface. Stage decorated with palm fronds and black caricature paintings. A Future Farmers of America (FFA) sign hangs above the students. Student Leland Johns in center.

This photo may have been taken at an event detailed by the Stuart News (27 Mar 1952), in which a minstrel show was performed by members of the FFA on the Martin County High School stage to raise funds for a trip to Washington.

Scans gift of Sandra Thurlow

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Black and white negative, 4x5 inches

English

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