The sight of middle-class South Bay suburbanites donning blackface makeup in order to play roles in minstrel shows at the local high school auditorium benefit show is wildly inappropriate by modern ...

It begins as a minstrel show, extends that racist form into a national hip-hop tour, and ends with a post-Civil War lecture. Dave Harris’ new play, “Tambo & Bones,” which opened Monday at Off Broadway ...

"So now any black person's photo on a box is racism? Give me a break." That message was one of many that crossed my screen after sharing a story I had written about Aunt Jemima and other brands ...

The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958 to 1978 and was a popular stage show. It was a weekly light entertainment and variety show ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dave Harris’s hip-hop triptych exploring racism and capitalism is meant to be a biting satire, but it has little force behind it. By Maya Phillips The ...

RACINE - It's said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. While that may be true in some cases, it's not when it comes to minstrel shows. In the 19th century minstrel shows were America's most ...

Spike Lee is at it again. Next week his 11th and possibly most controversial movie, "Bamboozled," will open to audiences across the country, and tongues are already wagging. An advertisement for the ...

Supreme Court confirmation hearings have long since descended into partisan, chest-thumping endurance contests. They demonstrate little more than one individual’s ability to survive gotcha questions ...

Sheet music cover for 'James Bland's 3 Great Songs, 1879. Scanned from Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth-Century America by Robert Toll. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up I am sure at some point you have heard the term “you cannot teach ...

Tavis Smiley and music critic Stephen Ivory discuss the claim by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that rap is "a modern day minstrel show." They also take a look at some of the songs on the Billboard rap ...