It depicted Temple dancing with a Black actor: Bill Robinson ... such a dance sequence probably wouldn’t raise a single eyebrow. However, at the time, the scene was considered taboo.

Child star Shirley Temple Black’s life may have ... her on-screen relationship with tap dance master Bill “Bojangles” Robinson is one of her most enduring. Numerous obituaries never fail ...

When Shirley Temple Black ... one of the most iconic scenes in American movie history: the staircase dance that Temple performed with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1935 movie The Little Colonel.

Melissa Joan Hart was slammed for a post showing a 1935 post of Bill Robinson ... scene of Bill and Shirley dancing together on the stairs of the Southern mansion in the film. The interracial ...

Screen legend and childhood star Shirley Temple passed away last ... the scene above is the iconic tap dancing scene with dance legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The two were very close ...

This spirited dance sequence became one of the most memorable scenes from the 2011 Best Picture winner. In this iconic staircase number, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson tutors Shirley Temple in the ...

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Bill Robinson as photographed by George ... and he teamed up in later movies with the likes of Shirley Temple. Robinson’s partnership with the six-year-old Temple brought him mainstream fame ...

Shirley Temple And ... mentioned one of the most iconic scenes in American movie history: the staircase dance that Temple performed with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1935 movie The Little ...

Screen legend and childhood star Shirley Temple passed away last ... the scene above is the iconic tap dancing scene with dance legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The two were very close ...