University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-2016 When the silver screen fades to black : an analysis of black faces in film. Travesheia Rashel Bass Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Part of the Film Production Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Screenwriting Commons, and the Visual Studies Commons Recommended Citation Bass, Travesheia Rashel, "When the silver screen fades to black : an analysis of black faces in film." (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2501. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/2501 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WHEN THE SILVER SCREEN FADES TO BLACK: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK FACES IN FILMS By Travesheia Rashel Bass B.A., Tuskegee University, 2011 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Pan-African Studies Department of Pan-African Studies University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky August 2016 Copyright 2016 by Travesheia R. Bass All rights reserved WHEN THE SILVER SCREEN FADES TO BLACK: AN ANALYSIS OF BLACK FACES IN FILMS By Travesheia Rashel Bass B.A., Tuskegee University, 2011 A Thesis Approved on July 11, 2016 by the following Thesis Committee ____________________________________________ Dr.