John Strausbaugh

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John Strausbaugh was born in born Baltimore, Maryland in 1951. He is an author, cultural commentator, and host of The New York Times “Weekend Explorer” video podcast series on New York City. Among other topics, he is an authority on the history of New York City.

Strausbaugh’s controversial 2006 book, Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture, explored race relations in popular culture, including the pervasive and long-lasting impact of blackface performance in rock and roll, hip-hop, advertising, “gangsta-lit” and contemporary Hollywood filmmaking.

Learn more at John Strausbaugh’s official website



8 Books by John Strausbaugh


Book Cover Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II by John Strausbaugh

Victory City

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Book Cover City of S The History of New York City during the Civil War by John Strausbaugh

City of S The History of New York City during the Civil War

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Book Cover The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village by John Strausbaugh

The Village

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Book Cover Sissy Nation: How America Became a Culture of Wimps & Stoopits by John Strausbaugh

Sissy Nation

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Book Cover Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture by John Strausbaugh

Black Like You

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Book Cover Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia by John Strausbaugh

Rock ’Til You Drop

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Book Cover E: Reflections on the Birth of the Elvis Faith by John Strausbaugh

E

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Book Cover Alone with the President by John Strausbaugh
Alone with the President

Alone with the President

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