Reconstructing Ben Vereen's 1981 blackface performance at the Ronald Reagan inauguration
Last Edit: singleticket 03:21 pm EST 02/14/21
Posted by: singleticket03:19 pm EST 02/14/21
Vereen did a performance in blackface at the Reagan inauguration that was part tribute to Bert Williams and part critique of the legacy of the minstrel show. ABC edited out the critique and only kept the tribute. Artist Edgar Arceneaux has reinterpreted the performance in a piece of his own. Video in linked article.
