Blackface entertainers
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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