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A Look Back at Minstrelsy

http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100800a.htm

Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.

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Africans in America

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html

Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.

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Black and White Minstrel Show, The

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/blackandwhim/blackandwhim.htm

Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.

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Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University

http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm

Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Includes information on minstrel shows, the stock characters originated in them such as Jim Crow, Zip Coon and their impact on American life.

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Lift Every Voice: Minstrels

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/minstrels.html

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.

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Minstrel Show, The

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html

Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archetypes it created.

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Minstrel Shows

http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm

Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.

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Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/mihp.html

Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.

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Stephen Foster | Blackface Minstrelsy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeature/sf_minstrelsy.html

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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