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

The beautiful "Harlem Renaissance" Show!! (1940)🌸 :) ⛱💙 Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Cab Calloway, Nicholas Brothers " Stormy Weather" (1940) Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson), a struggling performer, meets a beautiful vocalist named Selina Rogers (Lena Horne)... The beautiful Harlem Renaissance Show!!🎥 Cab Calloway and his Orchestra Auteurs-compositeurs : Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer, Frank Froeba 👇https://harleminmontmartre.org | Harlem In Montmartre

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson teaches Shirley Temple his signature stair dance in this scene from The Little Colonel | Tap Dance Community