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Al Jolson. Born Asa Yoelson in Lithuania, as early as 1884Immigrated in the US in 1890After his mother died in 1895, he became immersed in American CultureJoined a circus in 1899, then toured in vaudeville and burlesque in 1901First performed in blackface in 1904Jolson was not a racist, and oft
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