While lectures were invariably interrupted by clucking rubber chickens, honking horns, and guffaws, the gathering is no laughing matter.

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In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

A newly resurfaced video clip shows the irony of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s sticky predicament, as the Democratic frontrunner in ...

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Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Dwandalyn Reece from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture about some of the costumes from the iconic Broadway musical "The Wiz ...