Sheet Music of Anti-Black Minstrel Song

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This song is referenced in Zora Neale Hurston's Color Struck.

What do you notice on the sheet music cover? When was it written and where was it produced? Why is it in the NYPL library -- what collection, and does it make sense in that subdivision? What narrative and representation does it produce about Black people, Black artists?

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  • type
    Interactive
  • created on
  • copyright status
    public domain
  • creator
    John Queen and Hughie Cannon
  • original title
    Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes
  • publisher
    Howley, Haviland & Co.
  • publisher place
    New York
  • rights territory
    US