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Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.
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Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
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Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
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Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
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Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.
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Includes images, background and a script sample.
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Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Includes information on minstrel shows, the stock characters originated in them such as Jim Crow, Zip Coon and their impact on American life.
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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.
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Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archetypes it created.
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Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
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For sale over the internet.
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Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.
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Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
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Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.
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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.
