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Bookmark or Share- Minstrel show - WikipediaThe minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. [1] The shows were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of comically portraying racial stereotypes of African Americans .
- Blackface: The Sad History of Minstrel Shows - American HeritageFor most of the 1800s, whites in blackface performed in widely popular minstrel shows, creating racist stereotypes that endured for more than a century.
- Blackface: The Birth of An American StereotypeThe first minstrel shows were performed in 1830s New York by white performers with blackened faces (most used burnt cork or shoe polish) and tattered clothing who imitated and mimicked enslaved Africans on Southern plantations.
- Minstrel show | Description, History, & Facts | BritannicaThe minstrel show, a theatrical form that consisted of ostensibly comic reenactments of American racial stereotypes, was popular in the United States from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. The tradition reached its zenith between 1850 and 1870.
- History of Minstrel Shows | Old Time Radio - OTRCATThe Blackface Minstrel show is considered to be the first distinctly American theatrical form. A minstrel show is the imitation and often offensive exaggeration of African-American music, culture, vernacular English, physical traits, etc for entertainment. Changes in minstrel shows correlate to events in American History:
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