Join us on May 24th and 25, join us as we celebrate the history of tap and the legacy of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the pioneers of the popular global dance form and a leader in challenging the way African-Americans were viewed in entertainment through his performances for both black and white audiences. On Thursday the 24th, we'll celebrate Robinson's legacy with two open archive presentations starting at 1pm and presented by our Photographs and Prints Division and our Moving Image and R
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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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