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Drawing from extensive research and personal experience, Bingham (Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham) explores the history of Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home," a pre-Civil War song about a Black man sold down the river, written by a white man and often performed by white men in blackface. Bingham unravels the false narratives that were created around Foster's song in the 20th century, meant to indulge myths about plantation life, enc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More