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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
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A Mini Minstral Show
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html
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Africans in America
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html
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American Minstrel Show Collection
Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html
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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
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Black-Face Minstrelsy
Includes images, background and a script sample.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html
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Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University
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.
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
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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 archetypes it created.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html
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Minstrel Shows
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm
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Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.
http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/minstrel/mihp.html
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November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html
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Official Australasian Black & White Minstrel Show Website, The
Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.
http://www.geocities.com/blackwhiteminstrels/
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