A Look Back at Minstrelsy 
Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100800a.htm
A Mini Minstral Show 
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html
Africans in America 
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html
Black and White Minstrel Show, The 
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
Black-Face Minstrelsy 
Includes images, background and a script sample.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html
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.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/minstrels.html
Minstrel Show, The 
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.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html
Minstrel Shows 
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm
Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852 
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/mihp.html
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.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeature/sf_minstrelsy.html
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