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Live Performance of Music From the Civil War, Reconstruction Period, and Minstrel Era

The past comes alive through music in this unique course that features an old-time string band who will perform songs from the 19th century while explaining the hidden history embedded in these familiar melodies. You’ll hear the stories behind several of the tunes associated with the American Civil War, as well as learn how the cultural currents reflected by this music connected to the rise of racist tropes in the Minstrel Era and Reconstruction Period that followed.

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