Bill Robinson Playground
Bill Robinson Statue
Bill Robinson Theater
Mr. Bill
“Bojangles” Robinson was born on May 25, 1878 in Richmond VA and passed on
November 25, 1949. He became the most famous and beloved of tap dancers in the
first half of the twentieth century. Mr. Robinson was reared by his grandmother who
had been a slave after the death of his parents in 1885. Mr. Robinson invented
the phrase “Everything’s Copasetic”, meaning tip-top.
The first
image depicts Bill Robinson Playground in Richmond VA, which is one of three
dedicated to the entertainer, with the others located in New York City and Los
Angeles CA respectively. The second is a portrait of Mr. Robinson’s statue
sculpted by Jack Witt in Richmond VA at the intersection of Adams and Leigh
Streets. The last is a photograph of Robinson Theater, built in the Church Hill
area of Richmond VA in 1937 and named in honor of the man who grew up to be
known as “the toast of Broadway”. Mr.
Robinson performed in the movies The Littlest Rebel and The Little Colonel with
Shirley Temple to name a few.
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