This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America
- Posted on March 9, 2026
- By NPR
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This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
