"The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade."

Thought, Performance, Audiences, Being

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"The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade."

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