Michael Rogin is Robson Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Ronald Reagan the Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology (California, 1985).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSPART ONE. MADE IN AMERICA1.Uncle Sammy and My Mammy2.Two Declarations of Independence:The Contaminated Origins of AmericanNational Culture3.Nationalism, Blackface,and the Jewish QuestionPART 1WO. THE JOLSON STORY4.Blackface, White Noise:The Jewish Jazz Singer Finds His Voice5.Racial Masquerade and Ethnic Assimilationin the Transition to Talking PicturesPART THREE. "DEMOCRACY AND BURNT CORK": THE END OF BLACKFACE, THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL RIGHTS6.New Deal Blackface7."We Could Cross These Racial Lines":Hollywood Discovers Civil Rights8.Conclusion: Abington TownshipNOTESLIST OF FILMS CITEDINDEX

Michael Rogin is Robson Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Ronald Reagan the Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology (California, 1985).

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSPART ONE. MADE IN AMERICA1.Uncle Sammy and My Mammy2.Two Declarations of Independence:The Contaminated Origins of AmericanNational Culture3.Nationalism, Blackface,and the Jewish QuestionPART 1WO. THE JOLSON STORY4.Blackface, White Noise:The Jewish Jazz Singer Finds His Voice5.Racial Masquerade and Ethnic Assimilationin the Transition to Talking PicturesPART THREE. "DEMOCRACY AND BURNT CORK": THE END OF BLACKFACE, THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL RIGHTS6.New Deal Blackface7."We Could Cross These Racial Lines":Hollywood Discovers Civil Rights8.Conclusion: Abington TownshipNOTESLIST OF FILMS CITEDINDEX