The sight of middle-class South Bay suburbanites donning blackface makeup in order to play roles in minstrel shows at the local high school auditorium benefit show is wildly inappropriate by modern ...
Cabinet card print of a photograph of two minstrel show performers in costume. The performer on the left, wearing a shabby band uniform, crumpled hat, and blackface makeup, is holding two parts of a ...
Minstrel shows were in their heyday from the 1830s and through the Civil War, endured during Reconstruction then faded. White performers darkened their faces and wore shredding clothing in imitation ...
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