'Shake yo' dusters, or, Pi Piccaninny rag', 1898. 'Sung by Brewer & Suttle's Rag-Time Four: Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle, Maud Brewer, J. W. Brewer'. 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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