Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped to break down barriers in Hollywood in the 1930's and 1940's Source - NPS Photo/Maggie L. Walker NHS Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped to break down barriers in ...
Legendary jazz tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was born on May 25, 1878, in Richmond, Virginia. His given name was Luther, but he despised it and appropriated that of his younger brother, William ...
When is a flight of stairs more than a way to move from one level to the next? When it is bedazzled by intelligent feet. When those feet are made of wings. For the tap dancer Bill (Bojangles) Robinson ...
Tap dancer Bill Robinson, known as Bojangles, far left, is assisted by Mary Bruce on piano as he leads young dancers to the “Charleston Walk” in New York City on Dec. 27, 1944. The children, from left ...