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Bert Williams was the recording industry's first important and enduring black artist. His dry but insightful humor, coupled with a downtrodden but persevering persona, found popular success at the turn-of-the-century which continued into the Roaring Twenties. Williams was also a noteworthy songwriter, performed on stages ranging from minstrel shows and vaudeville to Broadway, and made ...more


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