One day in 1887 (or in 1888, or maybe in another year altogether), two boys from Richmond — one White, one Black — hopped a freight train together and headed north to Washington in search of fame. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. – A celebration was held Saturday to mark 50 years of a statue in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood dedicated to an iconic African American tap dancer and actor. Bill ...

Legendary tap dancer and Richmond native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson probably spent the last two decades soft-shoeing in his grave. East Church Hill's Robinson Theater was an empty reminder of the more ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Save the date for Saturday, June 3. That’s when the Astoria Beneficial Club presents the 50 th anniversary celebration of the Bill “Bojangles” Robinson statue. The statue recognizes ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A silver gelatin print depicting a ...

When the statue of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was unveiled 50 years ago in Jackson Ward, it broke a color barrier of sorts in the city of monuments — the first known statue to memorialize a Black ...

When the pint-sized actress and the tap-dancing legend performed their "stair dance" in The Little Colonel, it was considered the first... Shirley Temple And Bojangles: Two Stars, One Lifelong ...

The pictures in the National Portrait Gallery’s “Star Power” portray such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. But the star of the show is photographer ...