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Title	Amos 'n' Andy fresh air taxi
Subject	Toys Automobiles Amos 'n' Andy (Radio program) Television programs -- History African Americans on television
Description	This 1930s toy capitalized on the popularity of the 1928 Amos ‘n’ Andy radio show by bringing the characters to life in a windup taxi. Performed by its white creators Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the show developed Amos Jones and Andy Brown as real people rather than the shallow minstrel characters which had been popular in vaudeville shows and music of the 1800s. Gosden and Correll adapted the popular program for television in 1951, but it proved controversial. For the first time, a TV series presented an all African-American cast. Despite this significant first, not all African-Americans approved of the show. Energized by civil rights gains made during World War II, many preferred to see positive representations of African-Americans on TV rather than stereotypes of stupid or lazy men and women. In 1953 CBS discontinued Amos n‘ Andy in response to protests from the NAACP and the concerns of advertisers.
Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Identifier	87.277.1.1-.2
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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