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Dancing in the dark

by Caryl Phillips

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A fictional re-creation of the life and times of Bert Williams, the first black entertainer in the United States to achieve success, a man who dons blackface to become a headliner in the Ziegfeld Follies.

African American entertainersBahamian AmericansAfrican American comediansEntertainersBiographical fictionComediansFiction