Nigger singers with their faces blacked singing minstrel songs. In the song "", the Mikado sings of the punishment for older women who dye their hair or wear corsets, to be "Blacked like a nigger/With permanent walnut juice." Both lyrics are usually changed for modern performances. The word "nigger" appears in children's literature. "How the Leopard Got His Spots", in the "Just So Stories" (1902) by Rudyard Kipling, tells of an Ethiopian man and a leopard, both originally sand-colored, deciding to camouflage themselves with painted spots, for hunting in tropical forest. The story originally included a scene wherein the leopard (now
The Steve Spots The Steve Spots The Steve Spots is a thirty-six episode television show that aired on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. Created by director David Van Hooser, each episode dealt with the “trials and tribulations” of Steve played by actor Chambers Stevens. The show aired during the 1987-88 television season. Originally conceived as a twelve part series Van Hooser wrote thirty-six episodes. When the show was cancelled an out pouring of community support forced the station to create "The Parent Zone". "Zone" was a TV special with the same characters as "The Steve Spots". 1987 Gabriel Award (religion in media) for the