'The "Bugaboo man"', 1900. 'Words by R. A. Barnet; music by J. E. Nicol; Sunday World Music Album; Bonita and to the World'. 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.

---

Size: 3939px × 4905px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., /, 1900s, 20th, afraid, african, african-american, afro-american, alarm, america, american, art, arthur, arts, ayres, barnet, beast, beasts, black, bogeyman, bw, caucasian, century, children, color, colour, concept, controversial, controversy, coon, country, creature, creatures, derogatory, design, entertainment, fearful, female, frighten, frightened, frightening, gesture, gesturing, ghost, girl, girls, graphic, halloween, hand, heritage, implied, krieghoff, language, library, location, monochrome, music, mythical, mythological, mythology, nicol, notated, nypl, offensive, people, pointing, print, public, pumpkin, pumpkins, racial, racism, racist, robert, scared, score, scores, sepia, sheet, song, states, stereotype, story, tams, united, usa, vaudeville, vegetable, vegetables, white, woman, women, york