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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

Bill Robinson, byname Bojangles, original name Luther Robinson, (born May 25, 1878, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.—died November 25, 1949, New York, New York), American dancer of Broadway and Hollywood, best known for his dancing roles with Shirley Temple in films of the 1930s. Robinson’s parents having died when he was a child, he was raised by a grandmother and received little formal schooling. He began dancing for pennies at the age of eight, when he had also begun to work as a stableboy. He…

Portrait of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

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St. Elmo Brady was a leading African American science educator and the first black man to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States. Brady was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the eldest of three children. At the age of 20, he left home to attend Fisk University, an all-black college in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was encouraged by ...

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