Ed Sullivan
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Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndi
Sullivan in 1955
Sullivan with Cole Porter on Toast of the Town, 1952
Carmen Miranda on Toast of the Town, 1953
Sullivan congratulates 13-year-old Itzhak Perlman after a concert in Tel Aviv, 1958.
Bill Robinson
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. His
Ed Sullivan
…so many [B]lack acts. And a dealer in Cleveland told him 'We realize that you got to have niggers on your show. But do you have to put your arm around Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson at the end of his dance?' Sullivan had to be physically restrained from beating the man to a pulp." Sullivan later raised money to help pay for Robinson's…
Robinson in 1937
Robinson in 1942
Robinson in The Hot Mikado
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Adelaide Hall in the musical comedy Brown Buddies on Broadway in 1930