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…

Ask Mr. Mudd: “Levee Song” and Princeton's Minstrel Shows – University Archives

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

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Minstrel Songs and Medicine Shows, Roots of Country Music, Country Music, Ken Burns

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

Ragtime Music 345: Race, Identity, and Representation in American Music

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

Full article: Rhetoric, Race, and Resentment: Whiteness and the New Days of Rage

First things first, I'm the realest': Linguistic appropriation, white privilege, and the hip‐hop persona of Iggy Azalea - Eberhardt - 2015 - Journal of Sociolinguistics - Wiley Online Library