During his time, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry’s success could have been considered the epitome of any man’s dream, regardless of race. Born in Key West, Fla., in 1892 to Caribbean parents, ...

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...

And speaking of Stepin Fetchit and Des McAnuff, there’s an interesting play on now at New York Theatre Workshop called Fetch Clay, Make Man, about the unlikely friendship between Fetchit and Muhammad ...

You can read this quote from Stepin Fetchit, which was said during a New York Times interview, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read how the quote is referenced here. Suggested Reading A ...

Although he never won an Oscar, Lincoln Perry was America's first black movie star. But for that distinction, Perry paid a heavy price -- he is best known as the character of Stepin Fetchit, a ...

If Stepin Fetchit could have written his own legacy, he’d have described himself as a pioneer in American cinema, a comedian whose talents helped secure a place for black faces in the formative years ...

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...