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Blackface is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 26, 2005.

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Date	Process	Result
December 19, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
July 20, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
March 2, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted

Current status: Former featured article

List of contemporary comedians using blackface was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 11 July 2015 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Blackface. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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"Negerköpp" has been changed to „Wilde Frechener“[edit]

https://www.wz.de/nrw/nach-anfeindungen-koelner-karnevalsverein-negerkoepp-aendert-namen_aid-32712349

Wiki Education assignment: Black American Music[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2023 and 18 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): JpAlbany, Abergleitner, Claratin.nondrowsy (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Isha0323, Sialli21.

— Assignment last updated by Isha0323 (talk) 19:30, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

denial of blackface being racist.[edit]

certain users are making vandalized edits trying to protect political figures from their racist actions . anyone denying that blackface is mockery of blacks and racialized peoples is a white supremacist. just as holocaust denial is also white supremacy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/blackface-is-white-supremacy-as-fashion--and-its-always-been-in-season/2019/02/07/fdb60c06-2b1e-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html 70.30.146.188 (talk) 18:25, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]