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…

Why Hamilton is Not the Revolution You Think it is

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

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

Why is a racist minstrel tune still recognized in Virginia code as the 'state song emeritus?' - Virginia Mercury

Black minstrel song sheets, 1850s

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

Black minstrel song sheets, 1850s

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

Leslie Uggams, Sing Along with Mitch (1961–64), and the Reverberations of Minstrelsy, Journal of the Society for American Music

Black Like You,' by John Strausbaugh - The New York Times Book Review - The New York Times

Why Hamilton is Not the Revolution You Think it is

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

On Multiculturalism Grantmakers in the Arts

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