Minstrel show
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| - | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] | + | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right||This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] |
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| The '''minstrel show''', or '''minstrelsy''', was an [[United States|American]] entertainment consisting of comic skits, [[variety show|variety]] acts, [[dance|dancing]], and [[music]], performed by white people in [[blackface]]. | The '''minstrel show''', or '''minstrelsy''', was an [[United States|American]] entertainment consisting of comic skits, [[variety show|variety]] acts, [[dance|dancing]], and [[music]], performed by white people in [[blackface]]. | ||
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The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface.
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