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			'''Bert Williams and George Walker'''

	One of the first [[Category:African-American \|African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker. Together they were hired to be "Dahomey natives" in the 1894 California Midwinter Fair, alongside the actual Dahomeyans that managed to arrive.		One of the first [[Category:African-American \|African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker. Together they were hired to be "Dahomey natives" in the 1894 California Midwinter Fair, alongside the actual Dahomeyans that managed to arrive.
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			'''The first all-black musical to be staged on Broadway in the United States.'''

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-One of the first [[Category:African-American |African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.
+One of the first [[Category:African-American |African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker. Together they were hired to be "Dahomey natives" in the 1894 California Midwinter Fair, alongside the actual Dahomeyans that managed to arrive.
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	One of the first [[Category:African-American \|African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.		One of the first [[Category:African-American \|African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.

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	Bert Williams, first black to star in the Ziegfeld Follies.		'''Bert Williams, vaudevillian (1874-1922), first black to star in the Ziegfeld Follies.'''

	''~~'BERT WILLIAMS, vaudevillian (1874-1922) '~~''		''Photo: SF Performing Arts Library and Museum ''

	One of the first [[African-American ~~Menu Text~~ African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.		One of the first [[Category:African-American \|African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.

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	SF Performing Arts ~~Library and Museum - Writer~~		[[category:Performing Arts]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:African-American]]

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Bert Williams, first black to star in the Ziegfeld Follies.

'''BERT WILLIAMS, vaudevillian (1874-1922) '''

One of the first [[African-American Menu Text African American]] performers to attain Broadway celebrity and the first to star in the popular Ziegfeld Follies, singer/comedian Bert Williams was much loved by audiences and greatly respected by his colleagues. As a young man, Williams honed his skills in minstrel shows and variety clubs in San Francisco, where he met his partner, George Walker.

Contributors to this page include:

''SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer ''

SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Writer

[[Edwin Booth - Actor |Prev. Document]] [[Black Crook |Next Document]]