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Baseball's past kept safe in charming Cooperstown But there's more to this small town than just America's pastime
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I'm standing at the site of the "Birthplace of Baseball." That's
what the wooden sign over the entrance to Doubleday Field in
Cooperstown, New York, tells me. Here, in 1839, Abner Doubleday, a
future Civil War general, invented the game of baseball on what was
then Elihu Phinney's cow pasture.
Historians tell us that the Doubleday story is a myth, insisting
that baseball was not created in a single place on a specific date,
but evolved over time from a variety of games.
But it really doesn't matter. Historical reality aside,
Cooperstown remains the mythical birthplace of baseball, and so it ...
 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Minstrels who fell out; Dai Francis was a Black and White Minstrel -and proud of it. Graham Keal looks at the history of the hugely succesful show that disappeared without trace.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; ...and White Minstrel Show. Then it's buried...s most popular TV shows, and the stage version...screens in 1978, the show was not merely axed...The Black and White Minstrel Show -Revisited helps...wallow for fans of the Minstrels in General and Cardiff...t interested. As ...
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FROM MINSTREL SHOWS TO RADIO SHOWS: RACISM AND REPRESENTATION IN BLACKFACE AND BLACKVOICE
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Drama and Theatre
; ...popular image of the American minstrel show at a time when it was, according...Man Tan and the New Millennium Minstrel Show," he states that the minstrel...statement is somewhat misleading. The minstrel show began before the 1840s, but it...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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MESSAGE, IRONY OF 'MINSTREL' LINGER.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...calls forth the history of minstrels and mocks it. Playwright...Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show. In his play, six black minstrels sit in a railroad car...in 1895 Hannibal, Mo. Minstrel shows, which hit their peak...
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MINSTREL SHOWS STAIN OUR HERITAGE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...Top of the Mornin' " show that featured Irv Sharp...idea of a minstrel show is outrageous. But...Britannica tells me that minstrel shows originated in America...decline. The Virginia Minstrels, one of the pioneers...1843, and the Christy Minstrels played 10 years on...History ...
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Meet the Minstrels.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...Because of this, Minstrels music is eclectic...entitled "Certified Minstrels The Mania is Back...CBN compound). The show will also feature stand...ambitious undertaking: The Minstrel will join a big Minstrel grand reunion at the...event. The name "minstrels" came from gypsy ...
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`Unmasking the Blackface' // Donald Byrd Takes on Minstrel Show Stereotypes
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...the stereotyping was, minstrel shows also brought black dance...slaves. "Minstrel shows became training grounds...century later, minstrel show stereotypes still live...the unhappy subject of minstrel shows. "Some blacks feel...about "The Minstrel Show" ...
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Blacked out Once they were the kings of light entertainment. Now they're the BBC's dark secret. But the men who were the Black and White Minstrels aren't ready to be written out of history quite yet. Robert Chalmers tracked some of them down
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...The Black and White Minstrel Show, which regularly...archive tapes of the show, Minstrels say, have had a tendency...greatest ever British TV shows, their name was absent...Musical director of the Minstrels, he would appear...The Black and White Minstrel Show - which ...
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The New Minstrels sing beautiful music.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...decisively fit well with The New Minstrels. Their success paved the...not all, members of the New Minstrels from five generations together...significant members in that show, the most popular stars from...blended the same. The New Minstrels is truly a Class Act! Therefore...music alive and through ...
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CD REVIEW: 'Minstrel Show' a delight from Little Brother
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...Their second album, "The Minstrel Show," was hyped for months and...is focused on "The Minstrel Show," a television show on the fictional UBN-TV network...the UPN channel). Minstrel shows were a form of entertainment...
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 "Cape Argus (South Africa)")
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Minstrel talents get musical honours.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa)
; ...Kensington have become the first minstrels to receive a professional...the Ashwin Willemse Orient minstrel group, have both been part of the minstrels for two years. Masood and...have been part of the Kenfac minstrel troupe for five years. Both...other kids to go for it and show them that ...
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