Blackface Minstrel Shows in the Green

Join Professor Rhae Lynn Barnes as she explores the often-overlooked legacy of blackface minstrelsy in Vermont and across the United States. Drawing from her award-winning book “Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment,” this lecture will delve into Vermont’s century-old “Kake Walk” tradition, the student activism that helped dismantle it, and the broader cultural history that shaped systemic racism in America.