by David F. Walker | Feb 22, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
Lincoln Perry and Willie Best—Born in Florida in 1902, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry would go on to become arguably the most controversial black actor in the history of motion pictures. Best know by his stage name Stepin Fetchit (above), Perry became the...
by David F. Walker | Feb 21, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
MATTHEW HENSON – Robert Peary is most often credited as the first man set foot at the North Pole, but technically and historically that distinction goes to Matthew Henson, a fellow explorer and associate of Peary. Both men had worked together, including several...
by David F. Walker | Feb 20, 2019 | COMICS, Solid Comix
ONE FALL Issue #1 by David F. Walker and Brett Weldele First issue of a comic series for fans of wrestling & monsters. Written by David F. Walker. Art by Brett Weldele.
by David F. Walker | Feb 20, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
George Walker and Bert Williams – Two popular vaudeville performers during the era of the minstrel show (when performers, usually white, would paint their faces black), George Walker (above right) and Bert Williams first met in 1893. Williams was a popular...
by David F. Walker | Feb 19, 2019 | Lessons in Black History
Marshall “Major” Taylor—The son of a Civil War veteran, and one of eight children, Marshall Taylor and his family moved from Kentucky to Indiana, where his father went to work for a wealthy white family. Taylor became friends with Dan Southard, the son of his father’s...
