Race, Ethnicity, & Religion
Course
RELG-313: Race, Ethnicity, & Religion
Document Type
Student Paper
Publication Date
5-2019
Disciplines
African American Studies | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Religion | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
Jesse Routte, first African-American student to graduate Augustana, made national headlines in 1947 for wearing a turban on a visit to Alabama. In this paper, I explore how Routte's stylistic choices uprooted and questioned the racism of the Jim Crow era.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Nordmeyer, Emma. "Jesse Routte: Using Style to Signify Injustice" (2019). Race, Ethnicity, & Religion.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/relgrace/2
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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African American Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Religion Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons