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Master Juba
Master Juba was an African-American dancer active in the 1840s. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences -
Juba rise
Juba became well enough known that he received top billing in a minstrel show in 1845. -
Juba dies
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Bill Robinsion is born
American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. -
John William Sublett is born
American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. -
Buck Washington is born
Ford Lee "Buck" Washington was an American vaudeville performer, pianist, and singer -
Bucks and Bubbles
Bucks and Bubbles became a DUO -
Fayard Antonio Nicholas born
American choreographer, dancer and actor. -
Harold Lloyd Nicholas
American dancer specializing in tap. -
Bucks n Bubbles 1st black performers in NY Palace
In 1922, they performed at New York's Palace Theater, the nation's top vaudeville venue. They broke color barriers by headlining the white vaudeville circuit across the U.S. and were featured in several Broadway revues in the 1920s and 1930s. -
The Nichols Brothers were invited
George Balanchine invites Nicholas brothers to appear in Babes in Arms -
Gregory Oliver Hines
American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. -
Bill Robinson dies
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Buck Washington dies
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Savion Glover
American tap dancer, actor, and choreographer. -
Savion Glover PBS
Savion Glover appears on PBS show The Tap Dance Kid -
John Williams Sublett dies
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National Tap day
National Tap Dance Day falls on May 25 every year, and is a celebration of tap dance as an American art form. -
Gregory Hines' television series
American television sitcom that aired on CBS -
Harold Lloyd Nicholas dies
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Gregory Oliver Hines dies
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Fayard Antonio Nicholas dies
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