The Reclaiming of an Authentic African-American Contribution: Part One: Who Were the Original Authentic Black Minstrels? Introduction In a recent documentary1 on BBC television, the actor David Harewood examined the phenomenon of ‘blackface minstrelsy’, a form of popular musical entertainment once ubiquitous throughout the United Sates and the United Kingdom that reached its zenith in… Continue reading Minstrelsy in Victorian Britain Part 1