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Rudi Blesh and Mike Lipskin, interviewers, "We Didn't Have A Negro Act"--Eubie Blake, Richard Carlin, 1967

Eubie Blake speaks about the nature of his vaudeville act with Noble Sissle.

Sissle and Blake, c. 1921, Unknown, Richard Carlin, c. 1921

A performance photograph of the duo Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle taken during their vaudeville days.

Color cut-out of minstrel figures, Unknown, Unknown, C. late 19th-early 20th century

A European cut out probably from the late 19th or early 20th century depicting two minstrel stereotypes

Banjo players in black face, Unknown, Richard Carlin, c. 1910s

A couple (probably amateur musicians) playing banjos in blackface

Jim Crow as pictured on a 19th century sheet music cover, Unknown, Library of Congress, c. 1840

Jim Crow depicted in ragged clothes performing a shuffling dance.

Al Jolson in blackface., Unknown (film still), Richard Carlin, c. 1927

Al Jolson in a characteristic pose on his knees performing in vaudeville.

Bert WIlliams Sheet Music Cover, 1905, Unknown photographer, Bob White Music Publishers, 1905

1905 sheet music featuring a photo of Bert Williams in his stage costume and wearing Blackface

Weber and Fields on stage, Unknown photographer, c. 1910

Joe Weber and Lew Fields in their characteristic roles as German comedians.

Josephine Baker in Paris, Unknown photographer, c. 1926

Josephine Baker in a dramatic pose seated in front of a stuffed lion's head.

Noble Sissle in a scene from a Vitaphone short, 1927, VItaphone, Richard Carlin, 1927

Noble Sissle shown performing a spiritual in a short sound film made in 1927