RACINE - It's said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. While that may be true in some cases, it's not when it comes to minstrel shows. In the 19th century minstrel shows were America's most ...

The sight of middle-class South Bay suburbanites donning blackface makeup in order to play roles in minstrel shows at the local high school auditorium benefit show is wildly inappropriate by modern ...

I've lived here a long time and have learned and heard about a lot of things, but a couple of weeks ago I heard about something that really threw me. Did you know that well into the 1960s, a common ...