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This photograph shows many members of State's Mates on stage during their performance of "The Backyard Minstrels."

This photograph, used for a yearbook collage, shows three members of State's Mates in blackface for their minstrel show in 1960.

This image is the cover of the program for "State's Mates Presents: The Backyard Minstrels."

This State's Mate posed for the camera in blackface backstage, before the start of the 1960 State's Mates minstrel show.

This image shows many of the State's Mates in costume singing on stage during the annual variety show.

This item is the script to the theatrical portion of the State's Mates April 1960 variety show, "The Backyard Minstrels." Members of State's Mates portrayed racist caricatures of African Americans in blackface. The use of exaggerated dialect,…

This photograph shows two members of State's Mates on stage during their performance of "The Backyard Minstrels."

This photograph shows two characters in "The Backyard Minstrels" conversing.

This photograph shows several of characters in "The Backyard Minstrels," one of which is holding a broom.

This photograph shows several State's Mates members with suitcases performing in their minstrel show.