Billy Kersands by Trav S.D.

This post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Perhaps he doesn’t look it, but this man was as important in his own way as W.E.B. DuBois. Well…maybe not. Billy Kersands (c. 1842-1915) was a star of minstrelsy from the 1860s until his death. He was one of minstrelsy’s biggest personalities and one [...]

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