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	Stephen Foster \| Blackface Minstrelsy - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeature/sf_minstrelsy.html From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.
	Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University - http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm Racism and racial stereotypes in the Jim Crow Era. Includes information on minstrel shows, the stock characters originated in them such as Jim Crow, Zip Coon and their impact on American life.
	Minstrel Shows - http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
	Lift Every Voice: Minstrels - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/minstrels.html 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.
	Africans in America - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.html Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.

	Black-Face Minstrelsy - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/minstrl.html Includes images, background and a script sample.
	Minstrel Show, The - http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstrel/minstrel.html Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archetypes it created.
	A Look Back at Minstrelsy - http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa100800a.htm Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.
	Black and White Minstrel Show, The - http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/blackandwhim/blackandwhim.htm Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.
	Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera - http://pages.patsweeneyephemera.com/146/InventoryPage/5119/1.html For sale over the internet.

	A Mini Minstral Show - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam358/minstrlsy.html Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
	November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles - http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
	Official Australasian Black & White Minstrel Show Website, The - http://www.geocities.com/blackwhiteminstrels/ Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.
	American Minstrel Show Collection - http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/tc050.html Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
	Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852 - http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/mihp.html Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.

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