The Shameful Past of a Classic American Song
“Turkey in the Straw” has an awful secret in its past.
Some of America’s most famous songs harbor dark pasts. Learn how “Turkey in the Straw” was born in the racist world of the antebellum minstrel show, where stereotypical characters like Jim Crow and Zip Coon laid the groundwork for the Bugs Bunnies and Daffy Ducks to come.
