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DEEPER DIVE INTO BLACKFACE
UNMASKING THE PAST
Blackface was a popular form of theater entertainment in the United States starting around the 1830s and lasting roughly 100 years.
An actual make-up guide from the early 1900s, published by DENISON (COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY EBEN H. NORRIS)
The 1951 film "Yes Sir, Mr. Bones" shows several EXAMPLES OF A BLACKFACE MINSTREL SHOW:
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