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 ...

Stepin Fetchit, the character that Lincoln Theodore Perry created, made the Key West native a millionaire and gave him the life of a flamboyant celebrity during the Depression. But his trademark ...

*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 ...

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, ...

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 ...