'If that's society, excuse me', 1900. 'Words by Rosamond Johnston; music by Bob Cole'. Two well-dressed black man stand in front of a building bearing the sign 'Geo[rge] Washington Whitewashing'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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