A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.
A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings th… - Bert Williams
A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings th…
- Bert Williams
I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. - Bert Williams
I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.
I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America. - Bert Williams
I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.
People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I … - Bert Williams
People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I …
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