Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 335 (Q12093)

I would be sometimes the only black person in the room. They didn't want black people to come and visit, like in Miami. A black man would frighten them. You'd see somebody sweeping the floors sometimes. I was surrounded by whites and they were the band leaders and they were the band, the piano player, but they didn't think of themselves as great musicians. It was just a job, you know, and some ...