Charles Gilpin (born this day in 1878) was best known, and achieved his greatest acclaim for playing the title role in Eugene O’Neill’s The Emporer Jones (a role that went to Paul Robeson in the screen version). Before this, though he travelled with all manner of black vaudeville and stock companies for decades, working with [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AM on December 20, 2011