Blackened Faces
The wearing of blackface paint was once a traditional part of the parade. Growing dissent from civil-rights groups and the offense of the black community led to most clubs phasing out blackface in the early 1960s. A 1964 city policy officially ruled out blackface but some still appears in the parade.
With growing controversy, blackface is still a part of the related Mummer's or Darkie Day in Cornwall, England, and Jonkonnu parades in the Caribbean.
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Famous quotes containing the words blackened and/or faces:
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Bear flowers in Eden never known.
Blossoms of grief and charity
Bloom in these darkened fields alone.”
—Edwin Muir (1887–1959)
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)