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I will be doing an essay on African American theater history. I don’t really know much about this topic, but when I am finished, I hope that I have learned a lot. I know that it has been around for hundreds of years and when you are done reading this essay, I hope you have learned a lot. It was kind of hard to find information of this topic, but I did the best I could. African American Theater began as a source of community entertainment hundreds of years ago. It was a place where black actors, both men and women, could work, learn, and perfect their skills. The origination of African American theater began back in the 1830’s and was America’s most popular entertainment during that time. African American people that liked to perform could easily get into it. Working class white people were into it too. White people dressed up as plantation slaves and acted like black musical in the act of dance forms. Everyone was in depression because of the war, but this was used to cheer people up. When white people wanted to join, there was no prejudice and every one got along pretty good. African Americans were shown as innocent people who sang and danced all night long. By the time the Civil War came around, the minstre