Dixie

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Title

Dixie

Subject

U.S. Civil War
slavery
U.S. South
genre: American folk
genre: minstrelsy

Description

Officially written by a Northerner, this song was rewritten by Southerners and Northerners to support varied agendas. “Dixie” is symbolic of the Lost Cause of the Old South and Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Movement.

Creator

[creator]: Daniel Decatur Emmett

Date

1860

Rights

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Language

English

Instructional Method

Primary Source Activity: Dixie Song [George Mason University's Center for History and New Media] 

References

Hutchison, Coleman. “Whistling ‘Dixie’ for the Union (Nation, Anthem, Revision).” American Literary History 19, no. 3 (2007): 603-628.
White, Derrick E. “From Desegregation to Integration: Race, Football, and ‘Dixie’ at the University of Florida.” The Florida Historical Quarterly 88, no. 4 (2010): 469-496.

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