When Bill Robinson was only 7 years old his grandmother raised him after the death of his parents. At age 5 years old Robinson began tap dancing for a living. He would soon drop out of school to pursue a career in the Art of Dance. In 1886, he joined the Mayme Remington’s troupe in Washington, D.C, and toured with them. In 1891, at the age of 12 years old Robinson joined a traveling company in the South before the War. in 1905 he worked with George Cooper as a vaudeville team, which restricted blacks to perform in pairs. He gained instant success as a nightclub and musical comedy performer, and during the next 25 years he became one of the toasts of Broadway. When he was 50 years old, he began dancing for white audiences. He devoted
