'Mister your room rent's due', 1898. Racist depiction of a 'mammy' presenting a bill for board to a diner: 'Mister your room rent's due I'm tired of supporting you'. Words by Burt Grant, music by Elmer Brown. 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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