Bert Williams

thumb|Bert Williams, photo portrait taken circa 1921 Egbert Austin Williams (November 12, 1875 – March 4, 1922) was the pre-eminent Black entertainer of his 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. Sourced The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortunes. Bert Williams, The comic side of trouble, January 1918, American Magazine 85, 33-34, 58-60. Quoted in From traveling show to vaudeville: theatrical spectacle in America, 1830-1910, 2003, Robert M. Lewis, JHU Press, 0801870879. About Bert Williams has done more for the race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts. I have been obliged to fight my way. Booker T. Washington External links DuBois Learning Center, biography Bert Williams and George Walker Williams and Walker Bert Williams cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Bert Williams 0930094 Bert Williams at Find-A-Grave Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, 1899-1981 (bulk 1959-1962) Bert Williams at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Category:Actors from the United States Category:1875 births Category:1922 deaths Category:Comedians from the United States Category:Caribbean people Category:People from The Bahamas Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States