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.

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