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Blackface entertainers

Topic sh86002417 · PN2071.B58 · id.loc.gov

Scope Notes

Here are entered works about members of primarily 19th and early 20th century entertainment groups in which comedians portrayed a caricature of Black people, generally by non-Black people, through the use of makeup, mannerisms, speech patterns, etc.

Used for

  • Black-face entertainers
  • Blackfaced entertainers
  • Entertainers, Blackface
  • Minstrels (Blackface entertainers)

Examples

Note under [Minstrels.]

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Related Terms (1)

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