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From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.

Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.

Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.

Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.

Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.

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.

For sale over the internet.

Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.

Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.

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.

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 li

Includes images, background and a script sample.

Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.

Information about the archive held at Princeton University.

Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
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