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#OnThisDay #May25, 1878: #HBD #BillRobinson aka #Bojangles! #TapDancers #Singers #Actors #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Stage #Movies #NationalTapDanceDay #DanceSky
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Shirley Temple And Bill Robinson Dance From The Littlest Rebel 1935
YouTube video by Shirley Temple
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May 25, 2026 at 4:24 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #May30, 1993, 1902: #HBD #StepinFetchit! #StepinFetchit #Vaudevillians #Comedians #Singers #Dancers #Actors #Blacks #BlackSterotypes #EthnicNotions #BlackFace #MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #Racism
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May 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #May23, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP #MomsMabley.
#Comedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Lesbians #ApolloTheater #CarnegieHall #TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour #TheEdSullivanShow #ComedySky
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Moms Mabley
YouTube video by GBH Archives
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May 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #May23, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP #MomsMabley.
#Comedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Lesbians #ApolloTheater #CarnegieHall #TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour #TheEdSullivanShow #ComedySky
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Moms Mabley - Comedian (1967)
YouTube video by vintage video clips
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May 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #May23, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP #MomsMabley.
#Comedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Lesbians #ApolloTheater #CarnegieHall #TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour #TheEdSullivanShow #ComedySky
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Buying A Bra - Moms Mabley
YouTube video by marcos estavos
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May 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#ShirleyTemple said this was her favorite moment of her entire career!
#OnThisDay #May25, 1878: #HBD #BillRobinson aka #Bojangles! #TapDancers #Singers #Actors #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Stage #Movies #NationalTapDanceDay #DanceSky
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Shirley Temple with Bill Bojangles Robinson
YouTube video by Karl Skellenger
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May 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #May30, 1993, 1902: #HBD #StepinFetchit! #StepinFetchit #Vaudevillians #Comedians #Singers #Dancers #Actors #Blacks #BlackSterotypes #EthnicNotions #BlackFace #MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #Racism
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May 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #March19, 1894: #HBD #MomsMabley! #Comedians #StandUpComedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #TheEmperorJones #Lesbians #ComedySky #HistorySky
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The History of Moms Mabley
YouTube video by Harmon Leon
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March 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #March19, 1894: #HBD #MomsMabley! #Comedians #StandUpComedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #TheEmperorJones #Lesbians #ComedySky #BlackSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3a9...
The History of Moms Mabley
YouTube video by Harmon Leon
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March 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #May23, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP #MomsMabley.
#Comedians #ChitlinCircuit #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Lesbians #ApolloTheater #CarnegieHall #TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour #TheEdSullivanShow #ComedySky
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Moms Mabley
YouTube video by GBH Archives
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May 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #February6, 1843: The first #MinstrelShow, #TheVirginiaMinstrels opens at the #BoweryAmphitheatre in #NYC. #RACISM
#MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #BlackFace #AfricanAmericanStereoTypes #AmericanMusic #EthnicNotions #MinstrelSky #MusicSky
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Who actually WAS Jim Crow?
YouTube video by Mr. Beat
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February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #April4, 1859: #BryantsMinstrels debut #Dixie at #MechanicsHall at #BroadwayManhattan in #NYC #DixieSong #DixiesLand #IWishIWereInDixie #BroadwayNYC #Broadway #MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #Blackface #MinstrelSky #MusicSky
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♫Dixie's Land♫ (1916 recording)
YouTube video by Max Power
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April 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OnThisDay #May25, 1878: #HBD #BillRobinson aka #Bojangles! #TapDancers #Singers #Actors #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Stage #Movies #NationalTapDanceDay #DanceSky
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Bill Bojangles Robinson in " King for a Day"
YouTube video by TheHooferz
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May 25, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #February6, 1843: The first #MinstrelShow, #TheVirginiaMinstrels opens at the #BoweryAmphitheatre in #NYC. #RACISM
#MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #BlackFace #AfricanAmericanStereoTypes #AmericanMusic #EthnicNotions #MinstrelSky #MusicSky
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Jump Jim Crow - Blackface Song and Dance
YouTube video by ikachina
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February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #February6, 1843: The first #MinstrelShow, #TheVirginiaMinstrels opens at the #BoweryAmphitheatre in #NYC.
#MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #BlackFace #AfricanAmericanStereoTypes #AmericanMusic #EthnicNotions
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Old Tar River
YouTube video by Kim and Reggie Harris - Topic
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February 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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"In her new book #Darkology: #Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, Barnes traces the origin of #minstrelshows, performances in which an actor portrays an exaggerated & #racist depiction of Black, often #formerlyenslaved, people." apple.news/A9CMoI9XZTDW...
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This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America — NPR
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.
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March 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#ShirleyTemple said this was her favorite moment of her entire career!
#OnThisDay #May25, 1878: #HBD #BillRobinson aka #Bojangles! #TapDancers #Singers #Actors #AfricanAmericans #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows #Stage #Movies #NationalTapDanceDay #DanceSky
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Shirley Temple with Bill Bojangles Robinson
YouTube video by Karl Skellenger
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May 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #February6, 1843: The first #MinstrelShow, #TheVirginiaMinstrels opens at the #BoweryAmphitheatre in #NYC. #RACISM
#MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #BlackFace #AfricanAmericanStereoTypes #AmericanMusic #EthnicNotions #MinstrelSky #MusicSky
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The "Yaller Girl" was a character in the Minstrel Show. #historical #minstrel #black
YouTube video by High Velocity Philosophy
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February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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#americanhistory #blackhistory #jinglebells #slavery #foxnews #christmas #minstrelshows #americanculture #bh365 #blackeducators #blacksky #joyreid

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The Dark History of “Jingle Bells”: From Blackface Minstrelsy to Christmas Classic
To fully appreciate its legacy, we must look beyond the jingly chorus and confront the uncomfortable context of its creation and initial reception.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #April4, 1859: #BryantsMinstrels debut #Dixie at #MechanicsHall at #BroadwayManhattan in #NYC #DixieSong #DixiesLand #IWishIWereInDixie #BroadwayNYC #Broadway #MinstrelShows #Minstrelsy #Minstrelry #Blackface
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♫Dixie's Land♫ (1916 recording)
YouTube video by Max Power
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April 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#ShirleyTemple said this was her favorite moment of her career!
#OTD #TDIH #November25, 1949: #DOTD: #RIP #BillRobinson aka #Bojangles. #TapDancers #Singers #Actors #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Vaudeville #MinstrelShows
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Shirley Temple with Bill Bojangles Robinson
YouTube video by Karl Skellenger
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November 25, 2024 at 2:40 PM
twmuller.bsky.social
Zwarte Piet zoals wij die hier kennen is heus geen 'eeuwenoude traditie' hoor. Vroeger was Zwarte Piet in Nederland ook een duvelsfiguur.

Dat verandert pas in de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw, wanneer Britse minstrelshows in Nederland populair worden. www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
Zwarte Piet, een blackfacepersonage | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Abstract Black Pete, a blackface character: a century of blackface amusement in the Netherlands In 1847 the Ethiopian Serenaders successfully introduced American blackface minstrelsy to a Dutch public...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
bearot.bsky.social
Oder vielleicht Minstrelshows.
February 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM