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Because of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, U.S. Congress designated May 25 (Robinson's birthday) as National Tap Dance Day. Best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Bill Robinson's long career mirrored changes in American entertainment tastes and technology. His career began in the age of minstrel shows and moved to vaudeville, Broadway theatre, the recording industry, Hollywood films, radio, and television. Bill
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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, was the most famous of all African American tap dancers in the twentieth century. Dancing upright and swinging, his light and exacting footwork brought tap “up on its toes” from an earlier flat-footed shuffling style, and developed the art of tap dancing to a delicate perfection. Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, his parents, Maria and Maxwell Robinson, died in 1885. Young Bill was reared by his grandmother, Bedilia Robinson, who had been a slave. In Richmond
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1.2K views · 56 reactions | "On This Day" May 25, 1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dance pioneer and actor, is born in Richmond. | Virginia Museum of History & Culture | Facebook
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In celebration of Black History Month, CBS 6 is honoring local figures who made significant contributions in the arts, history, sports and civil rights. In this video, we are profiling Richmond native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The actor and dancer was the highest paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century. He was the first black performer to headline a mixed-raced Broadway production and the first black man to appear in a Hollywood film that involved an interra
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3.8K views · 104 reactions | RARE TAP Find: Deleted opening number from "Cafe Metropole" (1937) featuring the one and only Bill Bojangles Robinson. See explanation as to why and of course the wonderful dancing. Don't hate - appreciate! Heck they could have tossed the whole thing .... :>) | The Harlem Swing Dance Society | Facebook
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