She toured America's eastern and midwestern states in black vaudeville in the 1910s and early 1920s.

And the immediate origins of the blues, Mr. Wald writes, are most likely in black vaudeville, not in field hollers.

"So I decided to do something for everybody - a piece involving New Orleans jazz and black vaudeville in 1926."

There is no doubt that they were self-taught in the sense that they learned by watching their elders in black vaudeville.

They were prominent in black vaudeville and created over 40 revues for black audiences.

She spent most of her career in black vaudeville, although on recordings she was billed as a blues artist.

She spent most of her career in black vaudeville.

For African-Americans, burlesque as healing balm became the essential comedic ingredient of black vaudeville.

Because of its use of blackface and old-time black vaudeville, "Route 1 and 9," has itself been accused unfairly of racism.

Many of the actors showcased in The Railroad Porter were recognizable faces in days of black vaudeville.