Your Minstrel Show book Popularity of Minstrel Shows With the popularization of radio and motion pictures in the 1920s, professional minstrel shows lost much of their national following. However, amateur minstrel shows continued in local theaters, community centers, high schools, and churches as late as the 1960s.

Rare Original C. 1920 Minstrel Show performer Percival Wright inscribed Photograph 7.25"X9.25" $250

An improvised minstrel show at a summer camp near Berounka river ,czechoslovakia early 1980

The Marina, Great Yarmouth. Black and White Minstrel Show c1970s

It's fascinating to trace the origens of everyday phrases back and find out just how many of them were not only slang, but terms that referenced unspeakable horror.