Richard Bernstein's biography charts Jolson's success and addresses the reviled practice of blackface that helped to make ...

The history of blackface dates back to the American minstrel shows of the 19th century, in which white performers caricatured ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie with talking actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927.

Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume, but he's not the first public figure in New York to cause ...

The New York congressman apologized for wearing blackface in a newly revealed college photo — before suggesting that what he ...