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Minstrel Shows

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» A Look Back at Minstrelsy Open in a new browser window
Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.

» A Mini Minstral Show Open in a new browser window
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.

» Africans in America Open in a new browser window
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.

» American Minstrel Show Collection Open in a new browser window
Information about the archive held at Princeton University.

» Black and White Minstrel Show, The Open in a new browser window
Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.

» Black-Face Minstrelsy Open in a new browser window
Includes images, background and a script sample.

» Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University Open in a new browser window
Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Includes extensive information on minstrel shows, the stock characters originated in them such as Jim Crow, Zip Coon and their impact on American life.

» Lift Every Voice: Minstrels Open in a new browser window
Companion to the "Music in American Life" exhibit at the University of Virginia Library. Commentary accompanies pictures of original minstrel show programs, illustrations and paraphanalia.

» Minstrel Show, The Open in a new browser window
Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archtypes it created.

» Minstrel Shows Open in a new browser window
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.

» Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera Open in a new browser window
For sale over the internet.

» Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852 Open in a new browser window
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.

» November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles Open in a new browser window
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.

» Official Australasian Black & White Minstrel Show Website, The Open in a new browser window
Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.

» Stephen Foster | Blackface Minstrelsy Open in a new browser window
From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.



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