'You don't handle nuff money for me', 1898. 'Sung with Great Success by the Charming Singer Miss Jane the Greatest Coon Song Writer of the World, Irving Jones'. 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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