A History of Blackface in American Entertainment

It took author and Princeton professor Rhae Lynn Barnes 20 years of dedicated research to complete her new comprehensive history of blackface in American culture, Barnes discusses her book, Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, in which she which argues that blackface was a widespread practice in entertainment, not a niche one.

Cover art courtesy of the publisher

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