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Egbert Austin "Bert" Williams was born in New Providence, Nassau on November 12, 1874.  was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920.  At the age of 11, Bert permanently immigrated with his parents from The Bahamas to Florida and then to Riverside, California, where he later graduated from Riverside High School. In 1893, while still a teenager, he joined different West Coast minstrel shows, including Martin and Selig's Mastodon Minstrels, where he first met his future partner, George Walker. He and Walker later became known as  Williams and Walker - Two Real Coons . They performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits, and humorous songs. They fell into stereotypical vaudevillian roles: originally Williams portrayed a slick conniver, while Walker played the "dumb coon" victim of Williams' ...

Richard Claxton  " Dick "  Gregory  (born October 12, 1932) is an American comedian,  civil rights  activist, social critic, conspiracy theorist, writer and entrepreneur. Gregory is an influential American comedian who has used his performance skills to convey to both white and black audiences his political message on civil rights. His social satire helped change the way white Americans perceived black American comedians since he first performed in public.  As a poor student who excelled at running, Gregory was aided by teachers at  Sumner High School , among them Warren St. James. Gregory earned a track scholarship to   Southern Illinois University Carbondale   There he set school records as a half-miler and miler. His college career was interrupted for two years in 1954 when he was drafted into the   U.S. Army . The army was where he got his start in comedy, entering and winning several Army talent shows at the urging of hi...