POINT OF VIEW Pushing Racial Talk Off the Stage CITY Edition

These practices were finally ended when ordinances were passed in both Boston and New York City banning use of such epithets on the stage. Not long before these ordinances were passed, the {black song-and-dance} team of {George} Cooper and {Bill "Bojangles"} Robinson had started singing a...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author from the book "100 Years of the Negro in Show Business" by Tom Fletcher (Da Capo Press)
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 16.07.1993
EditionCombined editions
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Summary:These practices were finally ended when ordinances were passed in both Boston and New York City banning use of such epithets on the stage. Not long before these ordinances were passed, the {black song-and-dance} team of {George} Cooper and {Bill "Bojangles"} Robinson had started singing a song written by Chris Smith which was called, "Yoi Yoi Yoi Yoi, Mary Ann."