Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.

Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.

Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.

Information about the archive held at Princeton University.

The official site for the Spike Lee satire on a modern minstrel show includes essays and extensive resources on the history of the minstrel show and blackface and its impact on American culture and race relations.

Includes images, background and a script sample.

Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Includes extensive information on minstrel shows, the stock characters originated in them such as Jim Crow, Zip Coon and their impact on American life.

Companion to the "Music in American Life" exhibit at the University of Virginia Library. Commentary accompanies pictures of original minstrel show programs, illustrations and paraphanalia.

For sale over the internet.

Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.

Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.

Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.

From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.

Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.

Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archtypes it created.

Includes an historical survey, explanation of the structure and form of minstrel shows, samples of lyrics, social aspects and other aspects.

Article from the New Republic explores the history of the minstrel show and its continuing impact on modern African-American comedians and performers.

Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.