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Back to EpisodesCarncross & Dixey: Two Fathers of Modern Minstrelsy
Episode 452
Published 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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BBB:LHWS #051-2 E.F. Dixey & John Carncross...
...were the bedrock of Philadelphia minstrelsy for more than 20 years. Many people did not feel a trip to the Quaker City was complete if they didn't make a stop at the 11th Street Burnt Cork Opera House. I also discuss pigmentocracy, historical nonracial uses of blackface, scientific racism, Black Philadelphia society in the mid-19th century, and much more.