The Birth of Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of Stephen Foster
Warning! These recordings are historical artifacts reflecting the beliefs of Stephen Foster as he wrote them in the nineteenth century and recording artists who performed his work during the Jim Crow...
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Emerging as a 19th century entertainment genre grounded in racial caricature, blackface minstrelsy continues to linger in modern popular culture. Because of this, classroom discussions about minstrelsy...
View ArticleHistorically Accurate Halloween Costume Ideas {Blackface: Just Say No}
Halloween is big business for history. Just this morning I met Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin on BART in San Francisco as they headed home from celebrating in the Castro. Honest Abe, true to...
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