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Fresh Air · Mar 9, 2026
The hidden history of blackface in America
“Rock and roll star born 1945 who learned Southern iconography through Stephen Foster records given by his schoolteacher mother, influencing his musical style”
Blackface history and amateur minstrelsy in AmericaWPA's role in federalizing and distributing minstrel materialsStephen Foster songs as pro-slavery propaganda in education
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