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What the Latter-day Saint hymn ‘Love at Home’ has to do with blackface

The song traces its roots to a “uniquely American art form,” scholar says, “that is, unfortunately, a part of Mormon history.”

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Two girls sing from a Latter-day Saint hymnbook. A scholar notes that the beloved hymn "Love at Home" traces its roots back to 19th-century "blackface minstrelsy."