He was a hit with both white and black audiences, particularly in the South.

They believed a white audience wouldn't watch a black show.

An aside: can I mention how white the audience is.

He performed all the time for white audiences in the 1900s.

In the late 1950s he was "discovered" by wider white audiences.

And some of the white audience is saying, "That's right."

This assessment of the book makes Washington accessible to both white and black audiences.

He performed on a regular basis for white audiences in the 1900s.

At this point, Charles began to appeal more to a white audience.

Blacks were programmed to get an act, an image "to go down better with the white audience."