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Blackface: a brief history

Published: May 12, 2021, 11 a.m.

Ayanna Thompson discusses the history of blackface \u2013 a story spanning William Shakespeare, US race relations and Dartmoor Prison\n\xa0\nProfessor Ayanna Thompson, author of Blackface, discusses the long history of blackface performances and minstrelsy \u2013 a story that spans William Shakespeare, US race relations and Dartmoor Prison.\n\xa0\n+++AFFILIATE TEXT +++\n(Ad) Ayanna Thompson is the author of Blackface (Bloomsbury, 2021). Buy it now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackface-Object-Lessons-Professor-Thompson/dp/150137401X/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod\xa0\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices