And in a little over ten years after first seeing blackface performances, Foster would be writing his own minstrel songs." To film these scenes, they turned to two talented performers, Lenwood ...

Glen's novel, Mother Naked, is written as a monologue performed by the minstrel in the cathedral in 1433. Addressing a crowd ...

When it comes to questions about the role of private collections in Malaysia, the answers aren’t all black and white ...

These included songs from one of the principal ways songs traveled from town to town: itinerant minstrel shows – white professional musicians, dressed in blackface, who danced and performed ...

described as a “white minstrel show.” I wonder if Bill Bennett can tap-dance. Race is part of this, as it is part of many things in America, but it is easy to make too much of it, too.

Lawyers for a Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its library shelves went before 18 federal appeals court judges in ...

The man who composed Ida (“sweet as apple cider”) died last week in a $3-a-day Manhattan hotel room. He was Eddie Leonard, last of the great minstrels, whose blackface showmanship, eager voice ...

Now, looking over firth and fauld, Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd, When, lo, in form of Minstrel auld, A stern and stalwart ghaist appear'd. And frae his harp sic strains did flow ...

The formidable dowager Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith’s scene-stealing character in Downton Abbey, made Smith a bona fide ...

A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and others with issues ...

The family of renowned South African-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Jonathan Butler, is offering free music classes to ...

In commemoration of World News Day 2024, this photo essay highlights some of the most compelling and impactful news images ...