Today is the birthday of Sam Lucas (1839-1916), actor, comedian, singer and songwriter, known as “the Grand Old Man of the Negro Theatre”. Born to free black parents in Ohio, he was one of the first generation of African American minstrels, playing theatres and riverboats in shows with the Hyer Sisters, and with the likes […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:25AM on August 7, 2013