#Dance | Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson Tap Dancing on Stairs, 1935

https://youtube.com/watch?v=arkkGjDpa8E

WHEN Bill “Bojangles” Robinson tap danced his way up and down a set of stairs, hand-in-hand with child star Shirley Temple in the 1935 film The Little Colonel, he almost stole the show.

The scene made cinematic history as the first interracial dance pairing in a movie, but it also stirred controversy, being cut from the film when it was screened in America’s south.

Dexterous, energetic and always cheerful on stage and screen, offstage Robinson also worked to break down barriers for African-Americans.

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#1935 #acting #africanamerican #african-american #blackandwhite #black-and-white #bandw #bojangles #bw #cinema #film #history #hollywood #racism #robinson #segregation #stage #stairs #tap #tapdancing #temple #TheLittleColonel #usa

David

April 9, 2022 3:25pm

Melancholy Elephants

by Spider Robinson

This story is dedicated to Virginia Heinlein.

Thanks to Cory Doctorow for mentioning this. Here's the whole short story in 3 pieces. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html
http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants2.html
http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants3.html

The Wikipedia article on the story (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholy_Elephants) says

"Melancholy Elephants" is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer Spider Robinson, published in 1982.
The story examines the interaction of copyright and longevity, and the possible effects of the extension of copyright to perpetuity.
Its title is a reference to claims that elephants "never forget".

#copyright #freedom #content #media #stories #novels #art #music #robinson #spider-robinson #melancholy-elephants #creative-commons #copyright-trolls #liberty #creativity #originality #creative

Sylvia J

November 23, 2021 5:35am

Drop the Charges

“How can the #Australian #government stand #silent and #refuse to act in #response to a #CIA #proposal to #assassinate an Australian #citizen”
#humanrights #lawyer for #julianassange #assange #jenniferrobinson #robinson #auspol #freeassangeNOW #dropthecharges #weareallassange

nadloriot

July 14, 2021 1:04pm

William Robinson - William, Josephine and Others

#art #peinture #painting #robinson #farm #ferme #animal #nature

https://www.beauxarts.com/expos/william-robinson-peintre-des-forets-enchantees-daustralie/

https://arthur.io/art/william-robinson

William Robinson, peintre des forêts enchantées d’Australie

L’œuvre de cet artiste de 81 ans célèbre en Australie a de quoi surprendre. Il est pour la première fois exposé en France. Un voyage onirique et surprenant.