#BertWilliams hashtag - Bluesky

@cobrate.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

Affiche du film avec l'acteur pionnier Bert Williams. En 2 parties : capture d'écran noir et blanc au-dessus de l'affiche couleur.

(15/15)
- USA : #BertWilliams Lime Kiln Club Field Day #film #art -> l'acteur noir est forcé de se re-noircir le visage au liège pour ne pas 'troubler' le public raciste qui fantasme sur ce que à quoi doit ressembler 'un noir' (cf 1874 1903 1905 1916) […]

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cob

@cobrate.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

2 weeks ago

(5/5)
- Ukraine : Naissance d'Irène Némirovsky #livres à Kyiv (cf 1917 1942).

#year1903 #anthropocene #climat #climate #climatechange

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Bert Williams sings "Nobody", recorded 7th January 1913. YouTube video by AusRadioHistorian

#OTD #TDIH #March4, 1922: #DOTD: #RIP #BertWilliams. #GreatMen #Entertainers #Singers #Dancers #Actors #Vaudevillians #Comedians #Freemasons #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #BlackFace #BlackSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvDp...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Bert Williams Famous Poker Routine YouTube video by Mike Gillett Comedy

#OTD #TDIH #March4, 1922: #DOTD: #RIP #BertWilliams. #GreatMen #Entertainers #Singers #Dancers #Actors #Vaudevillians #Comedians #Freemasons #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #BlackFace #BlackSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaJ...

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

1 month ago

#OTD #TDIH #March4, 1922: #DOTD: #RIP #BertWilliams. #GreatMen #Entertainers #Singers #Dancers #Actors #Vaudevillians #Comedians #Freemasons #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #BlackFace #BlackSky #MusicSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Wi...

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furlight

@jazzagemusic.bsky.social

1 month ago

furlight (@onthisdayinjazzagemusic) IN DAHOMEY

IN DAHOMEY|
substack.com/@onthisdayin...

#February18th #February18 #OTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Vaudeville #BlackStage #BlackPerformer #BlackStar #BlackTheater #BertWilliams

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@linda-howes77.bsky.social

2 months ago

He was the world’s first modern Black entertainment star! Available here linda-howes.pixels.com/featured/ber...

#Entertainer #Vaudville #wallartforsale #giftideas #actor #stageActor #BertWilliams #trailblazer #firstblackrecordingstar #vintagephoto #antiquephoto

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cob

@cobrate.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

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“Si nous cherchons des précurseurs des peintres modernes, nous pouvons regarder du côté de ces deux artistes hollandais : Vincent Van Gogh, naturellement, mais aussi Suze Robertson.”
- Albert Plasschaert

#year1922 #anthropocene #climat #climate #climatechange

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@pastorr.bsky.social

4 months ago

Untold Hollywood: Bert Williams YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era, Bert Williams wrote, "The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune." #BertWilliams

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@pastorr.bsky.social

4 months ago

Bible Readings for November 12, 2025 Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today our passages are Ezekiel 24:1–26:21; Hebrews 11:1-16; Psalm 110:1-7; and Proverbs 27:1...

Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today our passages are Ezekiel 24:1–26:21; Hebrews 11:1-16; Psalm 110:1-7; and Proverbs 27:14. #BibleinaYear #BibleReadings #ContemporaryEnglishVersion #Ezekiel #Hebrews #Psalms #Proverbs #BertWilliams

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Tay'Taye Creates

@artsychica.bsky.social

5 months ago

Bert Williams, the first Black movie star in history, whose film ‘Lime Kiln Club Field Day’ was buried by Hollywood for 100 years because they were afraid to show a Black man as the lead and love inte... TikTok video by Markizmarketing

#BlackHistory365 #BertWilliams

www.tiktok.com/@markizmarke...

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Dr. Dani Sanchez, MFA, PhD (She/Her/They/Them)

@analgesicsleep.bsky.social

7 months ago

“A Natural Born Gambler” (1916) was the first time a Black performer was contracted as both a leading actor and as a filmmaker to a non-Black owned American film company.
#SilentFlickerSunday #ANaturalBornGambler #BertWilliams #BlackHistory #SilentFilm