Minstrel shows developed in the 1840’s, peaked after the Civil War and remained popular into the early 1900s. Minstrelsy was a product of its time, the only entertainment form born out of...

Edwin P. Christy's Minstrels may not have invented minstrelsy, but they eventually perfected the three part format that became the standard for all minstrel shows.

The Minstrel Show presents us with a strange, fascinating and awful phenomenon. Minstrel shows emerged from preindustrial European traditions of masking and carnival.

Learn more about the history and legacy of the blackface minstrel show in these excerpts of interviews with historians Dale Cockrell, Eric Lott, Deane Root, ... How were the minstrel shows racist?

Includes images, background and a script sample. ... "The first of all the negro minstrel shows came to town, and made a sensation." -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Black And White Minstrel Show evolved from the "Swannee River" type minstrel radio shows.

By 1919, only three troupes remained in the U.S. Economic reasons contributed to the decline, as did a growing craze for gigantic minstrel shows, exemplified by Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels,

Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Racial discrimination against minorities, blacks and African Americans. ... Tour the Jim Crow Museum ... Book the Jim Crow Museum Traveling Exhibit

Blackface Minstrelsy 1830-1852 ... Minstrel Songs ... Minstrel Playbills

History of the Minstrel Shows 1843-1900 ... Last Days of the Minstrel Shows ... I am still collecting information about the minstrel shows. If you would like to send me a message on this topic, click here.