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Minstrel show | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
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WEBMinstrel show, an American theatrical form, popular from the early 19th century to the early 20th century, that was founded on the comic enactment of racial stereotypes. The tradition reached its zenith between 1850 and 1870. Learn more about minstrel shows, including their format and history.

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Minstrel show - Wikipedia
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WEBThe minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of comically portraying racial stereotypes of African Americans.

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Blackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype
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WEBThe first minstrel shows were performed in 1830s New York by white performers with blackened faces (most used burnt cork or shoe polish) and tattered clothing who imitated and mimicked enslaved Africans on Southern plantations. These performances characterized blacks as lazy, ignorant, superstitious, hypersexual, and prone to thievery …

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Blackface: the Sad History of Minstrel Shows - American Heritage
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WEBBlackface minstrel shows were the most popular form of entertainment in America for half a century. Appearing in Louisville, Kentucky, about 1828, Thomas D. “Daddy” Rice, a blackface performer, saw a crippled black stablehand doing a …

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Blackface Minstrelsy | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
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WEBLearn more about the history and legacy of the blackface minstrel show in these excerpts of interviews with historians Dale Cockrell, Eric Lott, Deane Root, Fath Ruffins, and Josephine Wright...

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How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism | HISTORY
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WEBFeb 13, 2019 · Blackface minstrel shows soared in popularity, in particular, during the period after the Civil War and into the start of the 20th century, as documented in the Smithsonian National...

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Blackface minstrelsy | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
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WEBApr 12, 2024 · blackface minstrelsy, indigenous American theatrical form that constituted a subgenre of the minstrel show. Intended as comic entertainment, blackface minstrelsy was performed by a group of white minstrels (traveling musicians) with black-painted faces, whose material caricatured the singing and dancing of slaves.

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minstrel show summary | Britannica
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WEBFor the full article, see minstrel show. minstrel show , Form of entertainment popular in the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It originated in the 1830s with the popular white performer Thomas D. Rice, known as “Jim Crow,” who wore the stylized makeup called blackface and performed songs and dances in a stereotyped imitation of ...

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Blackface on Stage: The Complicated History of Minstrel Shows
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WEBFeb 7, 2019 · In his 2015 book “Black Broadway,” a history of African-Americans on stage, Stewart F. Lane writes about the complicated history of the minstrel show: “A savage parody of African Americans, strangely, it attracted white and black audience members alike, and even provided work for many black performers at a time when legitimate …

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Minstrel: Overview - Ballad of America
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WEBMinstrel: Overview. Minstrel shows were America’s most popular form of live entertainment from the 1840s into the 1870s, and they enjoyed continued success well beyond that. Minstrelsy was the first uniquely American theatrical form and one of the building blocks on which American music and entertainment is based.

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