Whistling Dixie in Utah: White Supremacist Ideology and Identity at Dixie State University
Description
This collection investigates the history of the rise of the "Rebel" and "Dixie" identity in Southern Utah as intextricably tied to racist and white supremacist narratives propogated in UT and the American South.
Collection Items
Dixie College News 1944
1944 Dixie College News clipping discussing the freshman class's minstrel show.
Dixie College
1934 Washington County News section for Dixie College noting “Mr. McAllister’s department is preparing a minstrel show, “The Land O’Cotton.”
The Dixie Minstrels
News paper review of The Dixie Normal College Minstrel troupe's recent show. The article notes distinct minstrel stock characters .