Mr Bojangles

Mr Bojangles (Bill Robinson) famed for often playing opposite Shirley Temple (pictured opposite) and often playing semi submissive roles like servants, doormen, shoe shine men etc. He was often subject to racism/adversity in his life...one such event was when a manager in a restaurant refused to serve him and said we dont serve your type ...here when he replied ' do you have a $10 note sir, the guy passed it to him, he pulled 6 $10 notes out of his wallet, mixed them all up and then said 'sir now you guess which one is the coloured one'. Mr Bojangles died a poor man, but was generous to a fault, he often helped friends and family out and eventually the money just trickled away. Although he was poor again, he was happy.....

Mr Bojangles