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Three State's Mates posing in blackface, April 11, 1960

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This photograph, used for a yearbook collage, shows three members of State's Mates in blackface for their minstrel show in 1960.

The Technician (Raleigh, NC), January 12, 1923

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From "Splinters from the North Carolina Pine":

The restaurant patron was peeved — there were black specks on his grapefruit. But Sambo, the African diplomat, soothed hm.

“Why, boss, dat sho must be dem vitamines wat everyone am talkin’…