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, ...

*Stepin Fetchit, known as the laziest man in the world, grew from a widely famous character on the big screen of the 1930s to a modern day slur akin to Uncle Tom. But that’s not what actor Lincoln ...

Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor. His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was ...

When the controversial actor Stepin Fetchit died in 1985 at the age of 83, the man whose slow-talking, sleepy-eyed, shuffling buffoonery made him Hollywood’s first black movie star was an outcast ...

A block away from Hollywood Boulevard, at 1751 Vine Street, sits a peculiar star on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, a reminder of a period of history that many in the film industry might prefer to ...

The brief and unlikely friendship between boxer Muhammad Ali and film actor Stepin Fetchit, depicted in Will Power's hit play Fetch Clay, Make Man, doubtless came as a surprise to many of the critics ...

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry – named after four Presidents – was a huge screen star of the 1920s and ’30s. He was also an incendiary figure who personified the problems of American race ...

Most performers don’t get to meet the figures from history they portray. Patti LuPone never said hello to Eva Peron. Tom Hulce didn’t shake hands with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But Ben Vereen met both ...