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From the Program in African American History, Library Company of Philadelphia: "The Norfolk Jubilee Singers were a popular music group founded in the 1870s after the success of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. This broadside features portraits of six…

Real Photo Postcard of a parade float entitled "A Study in Black and (Bob) White." Five men are in a boxing ring, one appears to be in black face, one had a black eye, one has a megaphone, and two are sitting on stools wearing long robes. Outside…

Another example of a minstrel show being performed in a Vermont town. This one is for a group called the Altimont Cornet Band Minstrels performing at Hammond Hall in Ludlow in 1889

Another example of the prevalence of minstrel shows in Vermont, this is a flyer for a minstrel show put on by the Apollo Club, a local social club, at the Blanchard Opera House in Montpelier in 1886.

Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This is a four-page program for the Hometown Minstrels Show put on by the citizens of East Montpelier, Vermont, in 1957. The…

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.

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 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 postcard shows a group of 14 men on stage, six of them in blackface. They appear to be a community-based, amateur production. …

In an article about the future of the University of Vermont, the editors of Vermont Life included a photograph of Kake Walk, an event in which students performed in blackface, calling it a "unique annual tradition." The article did not suggest that…