Minstrel Songs, the Whitewashing of Lyrics, and Erasure of History

Oh Susanna is a song I personally remember singing in my childhood, during daycare, summer camps, and elementary school. So, when I learned in class that Oh Susanna is a song written for minstrel s…

October, 2021

Black minstrel song sheets, 1850s

Minstrelsy Music 345: Race, Identity, and Representation in American Music

First things first, I'm the realest': Linguistic appropriation, white privilege, and the hip‐hop persona of Iggy Azalea - Eberhardt - 2015 - Journal of Sociolinguistics - Wiley Online Library

Minstrel Songs and Medicine Shows, Roots of Country Music, Country Music, Ken Burns

West Side Story at Hamilton: identity, erasure, and racism, by The Spectator

Early American Music and the Construction of Race. - Document - Gale Academic OneFile

Black minstrel song sheets, 1850s

On Multiculturalism Grantmakers in the Arts

Dinah, Put Down Your Horn: Blackface Minstrel Songs Don't Belong in Music Class, by Dr. Katya Ermolaeva

My Name Is Not Tom” (Chapter 7) - Advocates of Freedom

sheet music Music 345: Race, Identity, and Representation in American Music