However, he was most interested in the business side of minstrelsy.

But the Times acknowledged that the phrase "does go back to minstrelsy."

Minstrelsy was America's first original contribution to the theater arts.

The musical numbers in the movie contain elements of Minstrelsy.

In content, early black minstrelsy differed little from its white counterpart.

"What's the difference between minstrelsy and black behavior, black culture?"

The company stayed at the top of black minstrelsy through the mid-1870s.

It was just that he spent so much of his mental time away somewhere, maybe thinking about things like minstrelsy and verse.

It is not as though the new minstrelsy does not have black followers.

Why include minstrel music in the set, since much of minstrelsy was so degrading?

Now there is a new minstrelsy, but of a peculiarly customized sort.

Directly related to this was the institution of minstrelsy.

Their brand of minstrelsy differed from other entertainments only in name.

It has been suggested that the song may have originally arisen out of American minstrelsy.

Do you think the stereotypes in gangsta rap make it a new form of minstrelsy?

And that's what I mean by modern minstrelsy.

"From an early age he has combined minstrelsy with other and more lucrative forms of crime.

It was its precursor, minstrelsy, which came to be written and royalties paid for the use of popular music.

The song was the first wench role in minstrelsy.

Traditional blind minstrelsy by the late 1930s had largely vanished.

This new minstrelsy maintained an emphasis on refined music.

Another important legacy of minstrelsy is its music.

Though minstrelsy disturbs us now, his talents were huge.

The beat goes on, and minstrelsy puts on new masks with every generation.

'The high priest cannot be in any mood for minstrelsy.

You look like the end man in a minstrel show,' I replied.

He made his first stage appearance at the age of five in a minstrel show.

"What did they always say at the start of those minstrel shows?

Still, Walker herself has often described her work as a minstrel show.

From the start, however, minstrel shows were a favorite feature.

The three were watching a minstrel show, keeping time with their hands while listening.

The minstrel show continued to be performed on stage until 1992.

Some view this as direct evidence of the link with minstrel shows.

The instruments of the minstrel show were largely kept on, especially in the South.

"They recall the medicine and minstrel shows of the past."

Later, the kids put on a minstrel show in a local talent contest.

The first verse begins "A pretty girl is like a minstrel show".

The minstrel show as a complete evening's entertainment was born.

At age 6 he appeared in a minstrel show that began his theatrical career.

The first of all the negro minstrel shows came to town, and made a sensation.

At the age of 14, Loretta ran away to join a minstrel show.

Yet the best minstrel show routines must have had gusto.

He might have stepped out of a minstrel show.

Fox News is similar to the old minstrel shows.

He came from a musical family who put on minstrel shows, and performed with a trained dog act at the age of 4.

It started becoming popular with the change in minstrel shows and circuses.

The Clipper is also an important source for minstrel shows and popular theater.

He also performed in minstrel shows early in his career.

"So after the hospital," he said, "You sang a couple numbers in a minstrel show."

She puts his hand on her breast and the picture becomes a sexual version of a minstrel show.