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Minstrel Shows (13)
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- Top/Arts/Music/History/19th Century American
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Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100800a.htm
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html
Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html
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
Includes images, background and a script sample.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html
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
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
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
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.
http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/minstrel/mihp.html
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html
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
Last Updated: 2007-01-02 21:34:03
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