stump speech
...that the stump speech of the blackface minstrel show was a precursor to modern stand-up comedy?
...that the <b id="mwByQ"><a href="./Stump_speech_(minstrelsy)" id="mwByU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stump speech (minstrelsy)">stump speech</a></b> of the <a href="./Blackface" id="mwByY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Blackface">blackface</a> <a href="./Minstrel_show" id="mwByc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Minstrel show">minstrel show</a> was a precursor to modern <a href="./Stand-up_comedy" id="mwByg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stand-up comedy">stand-up comedy</a>?