Alabama governor’s blackface skit brings up sororities’ histories of racism

This past week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey came under fire once again. It wasn’t for signing one of the most controversial abortion bans in history this time, but for appearing in a 1967 skit called “cigar butts” at Auburn University in which she appeared in blackface.  Fifty-two years after performing the minstrel-esque skit, audio surfaced… Continue reading Alabama governor’s blackface skit brings up sororities’ histories of racism