Blackface: a brief history

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

b'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'