Bert Williams: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Ann Charters, Nobody: The Story of Bert Williams (1970, reprinted 1983); Eric Ledell Smith, Bert Williams: A Biography of the Pioneer Black Comedian (1992); Louis Onuorah Chude-Sokei, The Last “Darky”: Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (2006); Camille F. Forbes, Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America’s First Black Star (2008).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Feb 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 08, 2025 | ||
| Changed Williams's birth date to the widely used November 12, 1874; added more details about his life and death. | Feb 16, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Revised to remove outdated language and improve caption. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Bert Williams. | May 23, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Indian Dances - Biography of Mayadhar Raut. | May 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Biography of Kishore Kumar. | May 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Bert Williams. | May 19, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackHistoryNow - Biography of Bert Williams. | Jul 09, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Bert Williams. | Jul 09, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Bert Williams. | Jun 09, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Library of Congress - Biography of Bert Williams. | Jun 09, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 19, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 14, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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