Introducing Bert Williams
Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the
Story of America's First Black Star
Camille F. Forbes / 2008
Basic Civitas / ISBN 13:978-0-465-02479-7
Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams,
described him as "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew."
Being a black star in a white theatre world obviously shortened his life
(He died before he was 50.)
Bert with long-time partner, George Walker (1903)
dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.5 in / weight: 1.6 lb.s / volume: 416 pages