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Fresh Air · Mar 9, 2026
The hidden history of blackface in America
“Failing actor who created the Jim Crow blackface character in the 1830s Ohio River Valley, launching minstrelsy as America's #1 entertainment form”
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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