During his time, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry’s success could have been considered the epitome of any man’s dream, regardless of race. Born in Key West, Fla., in 1892 to Caribbean parents, ...

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry – named after four Presidents – was a huge screen star of the 1920s and ’30s. He was also an incendiary figure who personified the problems of American race ...

Stepin Fetchit, a.k.a. Lincoln Perry, was the first African American movie star. In the 1920’s and ‘30s he became famous for his degrading portrayals of the stereotyped “lazy Negro.” His colorful life ...

Stepin Fetchit, whose portrayals of lazy, stereotypical black characters in numerous films made him one of the most controversial actors in Hollywood for three decades, will be examined this weekend ...

Few pop consumers remember who Stepin Fetchit was. That must mean we’ve come a long way from the period when mass media trafficked in racist black stereotypes, because Stepin Fetchit was one of the ...

If Stepin Fetchit could have written his own legacy, he’d have described himself as a pioneer in American cinema, a comedian whose talents helped secure a place for black faces in the formative years ...

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...

Stepin Fetchit, the shuffling black actor known for his portrayal of a perpetually bemused Uncle Tom-like character, died Tuesday of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, a hospital spokeswoman said ...

*Stepin Fetchit, known as the laziest man in the world, grew from a widely famous character on the big screen of the 1930s to a modern day slur akin to Uncle Tom. But that’s not what actor Lincoln ...