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Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.
http://www.geocities.com/blackwhiteminstrels/
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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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November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html
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The Mirth of a Nation by Justin Driver
Article from the New Republic explores the history of the minstrel show and its continuing impact
on modern African-American comedians and performers.
http://www.tnr.com/061101/driver061101.html
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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
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Minstrel shows
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm
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The Minstrel Show
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.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html
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The Minstrel Show
Includes an historical survey, explanation of the structure and form of minstrel shows, samples of
lyrics, social aspects and other aspects.
http://www.s-line.de/homepages/jscheytt/minstrelshow/minmain.html
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Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera
For sale over the internet.
http://pages.patsweeneyephemera.com/146/InventoryPage/5119/1.html
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A Mini Minstral Show
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html
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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
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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/speccol/exhibits/music/minstrels.html
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Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University
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.
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
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Black-Face Minstrelsy
Includes images, background and a script sample.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html
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The Black and White Minstrel Show
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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Barlow Minstrel Shows
Promotional poster from 1897.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/MGB2.html
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Bamboozled
The official site for the Spike Lee satire on a modern minstrel show includes essays and extensive
resources on the history of the minstrel show and blackface and its impact on American culture and
race relations.
http://www.bamboozledmovie.com
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American Minstrel Show Collection
Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html
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Africans in America
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html
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