Summary

Fred Waring performs at 1953 inaugural celebration

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 36515
Clip SR003014_01_06.mov
Date 1/20/1953
Title Fred Waring performs at 1953 inaugural celebration
Description Dressed as Uncle Sam, bandleader Fred Waring and men dressed as black minstrels perform
Personality Fred Waring
Country United States
City Washington DC

Keywords

archival
newsreel
inaugurations
bandleaders
minstrels
blackface
racism
Dwight D Eisenhower
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