There have been politicians, actors and even fashion brands accused of participating in blackface – an act of painting ones face to depict a black person in a negative way. This is the history of blackface and the damaging legacy it’s left behind.
- Alabama governor apologizes for wearing blackface in 1960s college skit
- Blackface was culturally rampant in 1980s, the era 2 Virginia politicians wore it
- Canadian comedian Mark Rowswell admits to wearing blackface in high school