Today In History with The Retrospectors

Here Come The Minstrels

Today In History with The Retrospectors ›

11:54 | Feb 6th

Blackface performers The Virginia Minstrels - replete with white clown mouths, oversized tailcoats, and bookended by tambourine and bones players - first appeared on 6th February, 1843, at the New Yor...Show More



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