For a brief time before his fame, ‘Bojangles’ Robinson danced in D.C.
. The pioneering tap dancer never forgot his time in Washington, as inauspicious as it may have seemed at the time., his mellifluous nickname was a bastardization of the surname of Richmond hat makerAs a boy, Robinson shined shoes and shucked peas near Richmond’s main market. When business was slow, he and his friends danced for pennies. Sometimes they danced outside theaters where minstrel shows were performed.
“Washington’s racetracks ran the gamut from small local tracks with an atmosphere akin to that of a country fair, to places with imposing infrastructure run by better-respected jockey clubs,” wrotein the journal Washington History. They offered a variety of events, including flat racing, steeplechase and harness racing.. It was in Northeast D.C., just below the Anacostia where the tributary crosses the Maryland border.
A later date makes sense if another anecdote connected with Robinson’s time in Washington is to be believed. In later years both Robinson and entertainerKnown then as Asa Yoelson, Jolson arrived in Washington in 1894 with his family. His father had taken a job as a cantor in a synagogue in Southwest. The young Jolson would hang out near Center Market, where the National Archives stands today. There, according to lore, he met a dancer from Richmond nicknamed Bojangles.
In any event, Washington was a mere rest stop on Robinson’s career journey. After a period of time here, Robinson followed Toney to New York City and landed a role in the chorus of “The South Before the War,” a heavily nostalgic view of plantation life. This was the first professional production Robinson was part of.
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