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Minstrel Shows:

Africans in America

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

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

American Minstrel Show Collection

Information about the archive held at Princeton University.

http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html

Black and White Minstrel Show, The

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

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

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Black-Face Minstrelsy

Includes images, background and a script sample.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University

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.

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

Lift Every Voice: Minstrels

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.

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

A Look Back at Minstrelsy

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

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

A Mini Minstral Show

Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html

Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera

For sale over the internet.

http://pages.patsweeneyephemera.com/146/InventoryPage/5119/1.html

Minstrel Show, The

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.

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

Minstrel Shows

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

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

Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852

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

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

November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles

Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.

http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html

Official Australasian Black & White Minstrel Show Website, The

Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.

http://www.geocities.com/blackwhiteminstrels/

Stephen Foster | Blackface Minstrelsy

From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.

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

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