These are not black people. Rather, they are white men in blackface. Specifically, the country-novelty duo Mustard and Gravy — Wilson natives and WGTM radio stars Frank Rice and Ernest L. Stokes — in Bandits of El Dorado, a 1949 B western.
These are not black people. Rather, they are white men in blackface. Specifically, the country-novelty duo Mustard and Gravy — Wilson natives and WGTM radio stars Frank Rice and Ernest L. Stokes — in Bandits of El Dorado, a 1949 B western.
this is pretty horrible.
They were quite popular among some in Wilson for decades.