Presents a historical account of the origin of the minstrel character Jim Crow.
Information page about the history and legacy of the blackface minstrel show from the PBS website.
Show where white entertainers put on a blackface and imitated or caricatured slaves in the South and ex-slaves in the North.
Exhibit at the University Virginia Library and is about the African-American struggle for equal rights.
Account of the history of minstrel musical shows by John Kenrick with show images.
Account of the minstrel shows in the 1900’s in the Los Angelis Herald by George Garrigues.
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