Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star by Camille F. Forbes

Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star

Camille F. Forbes

416 pages hardcover 2008

1 edition

nonfiction biography emotional medium-paced
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It is not hard to argue that every black performer in show business owes something to Bert Williams. Discovered in California in 1890 by a minstrel troupe manager, Williams swiftly became a regular player in the troupe. Traveling on from the rough...

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