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Title: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Date Created and/or Issued: 1973-06-30T07:00:00Z
Publication Information: Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
Rights Information: copyrighted
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Description: Richmond, VA.: Bill Bojangles" Robinson (1946 photo) takes his place 6/30 with Robert E. Lee. A statue of Robinson will be placed in a city filled with Civil War statues and memorials-Robinson became the first black to be so honored by his native city. Robinson who died in 1949 danced his way from penny performances here at the turn of the century to the mythical title of "King of the Tap Dancers," in the 30's and 40's."
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/46
Subject: African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source: UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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