negrobilia

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of Negrobilia.

   • Birdie's negrobilia provides both identity and security, reminders of a time when she was black and had a sister.
   • Then the third thought, and the tears would have begun to fall now as she saw that the box of negrobilia was missing. That the Golliwog was missing.
2. 2

   Collectibles that portray stereotypes of black people.

   • Ms. Giovanni, who majored in history at Fisk University in Nashville, says this in a big room full of Negrobilia, including sculptures of three black boys eating watermelon and of a black man driving a white man in a buggy.
   • Inside, it was covered in Negrobilia, advertising signs from the first half of the century that featured big-lipped Sambos.
   • As new production dwindled, and many people threw away the old stuff, what was left came to be seen as rare, antique and collectible. A lively aftermarket for Negrobilia and Black Americana developed in the 1980s.

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