- stereotypes.
Kersands began performing with
traveling minstrel troupes in the
early 1860s. As
black minstrelsy gained po****rity,
Kersands became its biggest...
- Jemima".
Kersands wrote his
first version of "Old Aunt Jemima" in 1875 and it
became his most po****r song.
Author Robert Toll
claimed that
Kersands performed...
-
minstrelsy throughout the 1880s.
Individual black performers like
Billy Kersands,
James A. Bland, Sam Lucas,
Martin Francis and
Wallace King grew as famous...
-
Thomas in the 1930s U.S.
short film
series Our Gang
Dudley ****erson
Billy Kersands "Old Aunt Jemima" ****ninny Fred
Toones Uncle Tom On
April 5, 1969, Donald...
- b****ist, and
Sally Williams, and ran away from home at age 12 to join
Billy Kersands'
Traveling Minstrel Show, then
moved to New Orleans. At first, Williams...
- D.C., as
early as 1864. Rutt's
inspiration for Aunt
Jemima was
Billy Kersands' American-style minstrelsy/vaudeville song "Old Aunt Jemima",
written in...
- "When The
Great Red Dawn is Shining" (anon) "Old Aunt Jemima" by
Billy Kersands "Molly Malone" "Rose of Killarney" by
George Cooper & John
Rogers Thomas...
- with Callender's
Georgia Minstrels, and in 1882 was
second to only
Billy Kersands in pay and po****rity. King was a "Sweet
Singing Tenor" and
known for his...
-
Foster (1850) "Oh! Susanna",
Stephen Foster (1847) "Old Aunt Jemima,
Billy Kersands (1875) "Old
Black Joe,
Stephen Foster (1860) "Old Bob Ridley", Charles...
- from a policeman; also in The
Playhouse (1921) and
College (1927)
Billy Kersands, 1880s-1900s
minstrel performer Jimmy Kimmel,
impersonating Karl Malone...
