Documentary: DAVID HAREWOOD ON BLACKFACE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF MINSTRELSY
It’s shocking how long blackface was awas watched by 20 million people. British actor David Harewood traces the history of “minstrelsy”, which appeared after slavery ended, and its effect on future generations, black and white. As historian David Olusoga points out, children who saw these grotesque stereotypes in the early-20th century would be in their 60s when the Windrush generation arrived.
