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  2. Black Vaudeville - Wikipedia

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    Black Vaudeville is a term that specifically describes Vaudeville-era African American entertainers and the milieus of dance, music, and theatrical performances they created. Spanning the years between the 1880s and early 1930s, these acts not only brought elements and influences unique to American black culture directly to African Americans ...

  3. Minstrel show - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2023) Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843 The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white ...

  4. Griffin Sisters - Wikipedia

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    Mabel and Emma Griffin, AKA The Griffin Sisters, African-American Vaudeville entertainers and entrepreneurs. The Griffin Sisters, Emma (1874–1918) and Mabel (1877–1918) Griffin, were American vaudeville performers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who became entrepreneurs and social activists and opened one of the first booking agencies owned by Black women.

  5. Vaudeville - Wikipedia

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    A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a "vaudevillian". Vaudeville developed from many sources, including the concert saloon, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums, and literary American burlesque. Called "the heart of American show business", Vaudeville was one of the most popular types of entertainment in North America for several ...

  6. Theatre Owners Booking Association - Wikipedia

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    Theatre Owners Booking Association, or T.O.B.A., was the vaudeville circuit for African American performers in the 1920s. The theaters mostly had white owners, though about a third of them had Black owners, [1] including the recently restored Morton Theater in Athens, Georgia, originally operated by "Pinky" Monroe Morton, and Douglass Theatre in Macon, Georgia owned and operated by Charles ...

  7. Review: Dancers move with buoyancy and fluidity in 'Wave' at ...

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    Built around 1910, the theater featured vaudeville shows and cinema in its early days, and boasted a magnificent proscenium arch. The arch remains the Southern's most attractive feature, while its ...

  8. The 10 Most Important Black TV Shows of All Time - AOL

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    Before there was 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black-ish' and 'Scandal,' there was 'Julia' and 'Good Times.' We celebrate the groundbreaking shows that led up to today’s Golden Age of Black TV.

  9. Florence Hines - Wikipedia

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    Florence Hines (1868–1924) was a Black American vaudeville entertainer who was best known for performing throughout the United States in the 1890s as a male impersonator with Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque show.