The Long, Unfortunate History of Racial Parody in America

By: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw

Narrated by: Mark Schectman

Length: 6 mins

Publisher's Summary

At the onset of the Great Depression, a time when financially distressed Americans eagerly sought entertaining escapes from their economic woes, a radio program based in 19th-century stage traditions of blackface minstrelsy became a favorite broadcast over the country’s airwaves.

"The Long, Unfortunate History of Racial Parody in America" is from smithsonianmag.com, published on October 31, 2016.

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