0 in the past, an entertainment of dance, song, and jokes intended to make black people seem stupid and unimportant, popular before and after the American Civil War and performed by white people who wore dark make-up
1 a show of dance, song, and jokes intended to make black people seem simple and unimportant, popular before and after the American Civil War and performed by people who darkened their faces to amuse the white people who came to see it
