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. (Ethel Waters)

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.

Ethel Waters

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