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...GREEN PASTURES?The Bible according to Sambo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Mar. 24, 1930 | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

...fined 25 francs; 2) native Africans practice true communism; 3) all Europe's old clothes and junk are sold to Africans; 4) the Negro is a football between African commerce and politics; 5) Senegalese World War veterans keep letters from French women addressed: "To my Mamadon! To my Sambo! To my dear black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Banana Engine | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...juvenile book called Little Black Sambo there is a character called "Black Mumbo". She is the mother of "Little Black Sambo". Doubtless a copy of this book has reached King Michael...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Enfant Terrible | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

...title on its varying shingle. The play is farce, dealing with the impersonation by an undergraduate of an elderly lady to act in the capacity of chaperon at a college party. The current company is by no means distinguished. The horseplay seems singularly oldfashioned. It is still funny. Lucky Sambo. Negro musical comedies tipped Manhattan off its tolerant balance some seasons back with Shuffle Along. Ever since then, there have been imitations. Of Lucky Sambo it is not necessary to beware. The music is fair, the humor humorously to type and the dancing uncontrollable. There is a plot about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Jun. 15, 1925 | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

...Imagine our Sambo playing the fiddle; and Mr. Hick's cows jumping over the moon!" The picture and idea amused her immensely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 26, 1925 | 1/26/1925 | See Source »

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