Egbert Austin “Bert” Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was one of the preeminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time.
“(Bert Williams was)…central to the development of a global black modernism centered in Harlem’s Renaissance.”
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Tagged Abyssinia, Al Jolson, Alex Rogers, Bandanna Land, Bert Williams, Bob Cole, Brice and Williams, Broadway theatre, Buckingham Palace, Charlotte ("Lottie") Thompson, Eddie Cantor, Elder Eatmore, ert Williams, George M. Cohan, George Walker, Good Morning Carrie, Hotel Astor, I'm a Jonah Man, J. Rosamond Johnson, James Reese Europe, Jesse Ship, Lester A. Walton, New York City, Nora Bayes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Play That Barbershop Chord, R.C. McPherson, Sam Calker, Scott Joplin, Sons of Ham, The Mastoden Minstrels, The Phrenologist Coon, Tom Brown, Under the Bamboo Tree, W. C. Fields, Walter C. Kelly, Will Rogers, Williams & Walker, Ziegfeld's Follies
A swath of Central Harlem is being primed for landmarking under the first-ever comprehensive preservation plan for the area approved by the local community board this week. Continue reading
Tagged Astor Row, Bert Williams, Betty Dubuisson, Blumstein's building, Community board 10, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Hansborough Recreation Center, Harlem Branch of the New York Public Library, Harlem State Heritage Area, Historic Districts Council, Jackie Robinson Park, King of Ragtime, Michael Henry Adams, Mount Morris Park, Play Center Bath House, Sen. Bill Perkins, Simeon Bankoff, Strivers Row, Touro College
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that The Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx–where entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker and her Harlem Renaissance arts patron daughter, A’Lelia Walker, are buried–has been designated a National Historic Landmark,the highest recognition accorded to the nation’s most historically significant properties. Continue reading
The Schomburg, in Harlem, is looking sharp after an $11 million overhaul last year, and holds, among much else, 400 black newspapers, rare books and the original manuscript of “Native Son” by Richard Wright. On Feb. 4, it will open the Abyssinian Baptist Church Bicentennial Exhibition, examining the evolution of what, at the time of its founding, was the only African-American Baptist church in the state of New York. Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Art, Baptist, Bert Williams, Harlem, Native Son, Newyork, Performing arts, richard wright, Tourism, Travel
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