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Below are some useful links about Minstrel Shows on Theatre - Performing Arts - Arts - :
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Foster, Stephen Collins (13) |
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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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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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Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852 - http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/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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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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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-Face Minstrelsy - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html
Includes images, background and a script sample. |
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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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American Minstrel Show Collection - http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html
Information about the archive held at Princeton University. |
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A Mini Minstral Show - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary. |
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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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November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles - http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald. |
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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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