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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.
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 movement of the 1960's. According to a couple of sources the phrase appeared around 1828 as a description of who should be allowed to vote.
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...
Sep 17, 2019 · Free, White and 21 is a 1963 movie by self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" Larry Buchanan. It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping...
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 ...
Sep 10, 2015 · “Free, white, and 21” appeared in dozens of movies in the ‘30s and ‘40s, a proud assertion that positioned white privilege as the ultimate argument-stopper. ...
