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May 20, 2022 · There was a time, sadly, when not being free, white, and 21 was a significant legal disability. Even by the 1930's, fortunately, that phrase was mostly a joke. My father used to use the expression to indicate that a woman was a suitable romantic candidate: "She's free, white, and 21."
- The earliest citation I can find is Marion Harland's Alone (1856), but I don't suppose it's an "origin". Free, white, and twenty-one" sang Emma, ch...
- Although the phrase became something of a Hollywood cliché in the 1930's, it was around long before that and didn't die out until the civil rights...
- The expression "free, white, and twenty-one" goes back at least a bit farther then 1854, when the first through third editions of Alone (Richmond,...
- There was a time, sadly, when not being free, white, and 21 was a significant legal disability. Even by the 1930's, fortunately, that phrase was mo...
Free, White and 21 is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" director Larry Buchanan. It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s.
She was 21 when the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964. In 1980, she set up a video camera in her apartment, focused it on herself, and made Free, White and 21, a deadpan accounting of the racism she experienced coming of age as a black woman in America.
Sep 10, 2015 · In The Singing Hill (1941), a young woman is initially told she’s “free, white, and long about 21,” but when she tries to exercise her will and sell some land, she’s kidnapped, declared...
Dec 6, 2020 · In this powerful video art piece, Howardena Pindell recounts her experiences of racism and sexism as a black woman in America, while wearing a white mask and a blonde wig. She challenges the ...
On Making a Video: Free, White and 21. I decided to make Free, White and 21 after yet another run-in with racism in the art world and the white feminists. I was feeling very isolated as a token artist. I found that white women wanted me to be limited to their agenda.
Howardena Pindell’s Free, White and 21 screened here February 21–March 8, 2023. The video is no longer available for streaming. Join us for the next Hyundai Card Video Views screening later this month. In 1980, the artist Howardena Pindell turned to the video camera.
