Greg Adams | Smithsonian Music, April 2017 | Article
Banjo scholar and archivist, Greg Adams, briefly walks through the history of the banjo within enslaved communities and explores its popularity within European-American cultures following the rise of minstrelsy’s popularity.
Annemarie Bean, James V Hatch, and Brooks McNamara | Wesleyan University Press, 1996 | Book
Collection of essays delving into minstrelsy’s development and impact as America’s first popular mass entertainment form.
National Museum of African American History and Culture | October 2017 | Article
Collections story placing objects alongside text to visually analyze the minstrelsy’s spread in material and visual culture.
CBS | February 2019 | Watch
Short news segment Dr. Dwandalyn Reece discusses blackface imagery and its legacy in contemporary American life and conversation.
Spike Lee | Warner Brothers, 2000. | Watch
A satirical film examining the production and consequences of a modern-day blackface minstrel show starring black actors.
W. T. Lhamon | Harvard University Press, 2003. | Book
Performance history of minstrelsy and its bearing on contemporary culture.
Matthew D. Morrison | Women and Performance, Jan 2017 | Article
An article exploring the subjection and commodification of the aesthetic and cultural practices of African Americans using Morrison’s theory of Blacksound.
Robert Townsend | Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987 | Watch
A comedy film unpacking racial stereotypes in Hollywood films and the Black actors that navigate these obstacles.