Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 51 (Q11809)

It was an ugly recording. It reminds me of some of the performers today. The comedians have always done this, I think, made light of their existence to make a living, and I don't know that this was Bert Williams' recording, because I didn't know how to look on the label, you know. I wasn't conscious, really, like that, but it was about a man that came -- a white man that came to a house to see ...