The Minstrel ShowMartin Luther King, Jr. November 2015, Pepino 38,5 x 34 x 20 cm Plastic figure i Conguitos (little Congolese) is a Spanish brand of chocolate covered peanuts. The toy is an official Conguito product. A current promotion of the company offers a possibility to personalize the text the figure is holding. I orderer them with the names of the most famous defenders of the civil rights of African and Afro-American people. The minstrel show was an American form of entertainment developed in the 19th century of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the U.S. Civil War, by black people. Minstrel shows lampooned black people as dim-witted, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious and happy-go-lucky. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Tags: Conguitos, racism, Spain 1 / 7