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How the Minstrel Show Influenced Modern Hip-Hop and Comedy

The Minstrel Show, an entertainment phenomenon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is a show many Americans of any ethnicity would probably prefer to forget, with its blackface makeup and its...

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Civil War Events Feature Minstrel Song Revival

Visitors to some Civil War anniversary events are hearing another long-silenced sound amid the cannon fire.It's music from 19th-century minstrel shows, performed not in blackface but in uniform.Some...

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Spike Lee on the 15th Anniversary of 'Bamboozled'

This month marks the 15th anniversary of the Spike Lee film "Bamboozled."Director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee and Ashley Clark, guest curator for the BAMcinématek series on "Bamboozled" and...

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