Blackface Minstrel Performer Inspirational Quotes (3)

A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.