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BEHIND THE MASK.(Dancing in the Dark)(Stepin Fetchit)(Shuffling to Ignominy)(Book Review)
Backstage in a Detroit vaudeville house sometime in 1896, a mild-mannered West Indian gentleman named Egbert Williams dipped his hands into a supply of oily black burnt cork and rubbed it over his face until his features all but disappeared. These gestures marked the end of a private moral battle and the beginning of a great career. Williams and his partner, George Walker, had been knocking about the minstrel circuit for three years, playing medicine shows and hoochy-coochy joints and, most memorably, a rough Colorado mining camp where, accused of being better dressed than Negroes ought to be, they had been stripped of their clothes and were lucky to exit with their lives. ...
- The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African...
- Magazine article from: The Historian Silver, Andrew September 22, 2007 700+ words
The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy...West Indian minstrel superstar Bert Williams from the "weight of opprobrium...Harlem Renaissance link between Bert Williams and Claude McKay, among others...
- Louis Chude-Sokei. The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-On-Black Minstrelsy,...
- Magazine article from: Comparative Drama Pasternack, Leslie September 22, 2007 700+ words
...Sokei. The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-On-Black Minstrelsy...Sokei titles his study after Bert Williams, the famed--and infamous...this chapter, the centrality of Bert Williams begins to drift, but the author...
- Louis Chude-Sokei. The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy,...
- Magazine article from: African American Review Lewis, Barbara B. March 22, 2008 700+ words
Louis Chude-Sokei. The Last "Darky": Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora...Louis Chude-Sokei insists in The Last Darky that Bert Williams, a crossover celebrity at the turn into the twentieth...
- Wembley invite for Wolves hero; FOOTBALL: Goalkeeper Bert Williams to attend...
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England) September 5, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Steve Bradley WOLVES goalkeeping legend Bert Williams has accepted a special invitation from England's sponsors...the forthcoming World Cup." CAPTION(S): Legend: Bert Williams playing for Wolves in his heyday. Hallowed turf: The...
- Robert Coates and Bert Williams Joined By Expert on FDA.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 4, 2002 700+ words
...Robert Coates, running with Bert Williams as independent candidates for seats...Administration, has joined the Coates/Williams team as an adviser. "The future...not a wise action." Coates and Williams said the quickest way to realize...
- UMB Bank-Colorado Hires Bert Williams to Serve as President.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 2, 2009 700+ words
...a. is pleased to announce that Bert Williams will join the company to serve...Colorado effective September 21. Williams most recently served as vice president...the next levels of success." Williams has an impressive background in...
- Series features Bert Williams film: Local Screenings.
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 24, 2007 700+ words
...silent feature from pioneering African-American actor Bert Williams, will be shown Thursday as part of the Jazz Film Series...Die Musik Live, 409 N. Charles St. In addition to Williams' A Natural Born Gambler (1916), films will be shown...
- From Bert Williams To Lauryn Hill The Black Triumph In Entertainment.
- Magazine article from: Ebony Norment, Lynn December 1, 1999 700+ words
...some of the most gifted, most dazzling and most beautiful performers in the world. From early vaudevillian performer Bert Williams through the decades to the earthy star power of hip-hop artist Lauryn Hill, Black entertainers have weathered numerous...
