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Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This photograph shows the "All- Star Minstrels," a group of 14 men on stage, twelve of them in blackface. Most of the men in…

Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show at the Cray's Star Theater in St. Johnsbury in 1932.

Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show in Gaysville, a village of Stockbridge, Vt., in 1932.

African American children from Harlem arriving at the Burlington Railroad station in Vermont, July 1946. According to a newspaper article said that children were placed in homes from Wilmington to Newport.

A young black girl looks up as a white woman reads a name tag on her coat.

A young African American girl is escorted to a car outside of the Burlington train station by her host family.

Two African American boys ride on a hay wagon at a Vermont farm.

Two black boys help a Vermont farmer with a calf in a barn.

Two African American boys share a relaxing moment with their hosts on a Vermont farm.

An African American woman gives instructions to a white man as a railroad conductor and a black boy listen as the group leaves Vermont.

Rev. Ritchie Low, organizer of the two-week visit by black children to Vermont, says good-bye to two Black, female organizers, probably Laura Thomas and Anna Newsome, who stayed in Vermont with the children.

A black boy and girl sleep on a train, probably as they are heading home to NYC.