The Fulcrum introduces Congress Bill Spotlight, a weekly report by Jesse Rifkin, focusing on the noteworthy legislation of the thousands introduced in Congress. Rifkin has written about Congress for ...

I’ve been a fan of tap dancing since I was a kid watching stars like Ruby Keeler, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Shirley Temple and James Cagney in old movies before I discovered the even ...

WHEN Bill “Bojangles” Robinson danced his way up and down the stairs hand-in-hand with Shirley Temple, he tapped his way into the hearts of millions. The scene made cinematic history as the ...

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When Shirley Temple was interviewed on the BBC in ... Temple told the BBC that, while she and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson were the first on-screen interracial dance partners, any scenes in which ...

Shirley Temple, the iconic child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, is famous for many things. The song On the Good Ship Lollipop. Tap-dancing with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The teeth-crackingly ...

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson is dancing in the aluminum ... who often performed with child film star Shirley Temple, breaking the Hollywood barrier to interracial dancing on film in “The ...

A pint-sized Shirley Temple brought joy to the masses when she burst ... Her performance in The Little Colonel alongside Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson made them the first interracial pair to dance on ...

Originally recorded in 1937, "Toy Trumpet" soon soundtracked a famous Shirley Temple-Bill Robinson dance number in the 1938 comedy film, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” On this reimagined version, ...

His name was Bill ... Robinson was part of. Later came success on his own terms: on Broadway, on tour and in such films as “The Little Colonel,” in which he taught Shirley Temple to tap ...