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History of Blackface Explored

Rhae Lynn Barnes, a professor of history at Princeton University, was recently on the University of Arkansas campus to discuss the history of blackface. She has explored the topic in her book Darkology: The Hidden History of Amateur Blackface Minstrelsy and the Making of Modern America, 1860-1970.

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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