A Look Back at Minstrelsy
Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century. |
A Mini Minstral Show
Includes a typical script, promotional images and commentary. |
Africans in America/Part 3/Jim Crow
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow. |
American Minstrel Show Collection
Information about the archive held at Princeton University. |
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. |
Barlow Minstrel Shows
Promotional poster from 1897. |
Black-Face Minstrelsy
Includes images, background and a script sample. |
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. |
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. |
Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera
For sale over the internet. |
Minstrel shows
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program. |
Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition. |
November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald. |
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. |
The Black and White Minstrel Show
Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online. |
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. |
The Minstrel Show
Includes an historical survey, explanation of the structure and form of minstrel shows, samples of lyrics, social aspects and other aspects. |
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. |
