Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.

Betty White rejected attempts to keep Black dancer Arthur Duncan off her show in the 1950s. Her respond to pressure to stop featuring him was that people had to "live with it." The show was Duncan's ...

In a time where segregation was at the forefront of American issues, Betty White rejected attempts to keep a Black dancer off her show. The dancer, Arthur Duncan, was featured on “The Betty White Show ...

LOS ANGELES – You won’t catch Arthur Duncan badmouthing Lawrence Welk. The champagne music maker “was firm, but he loved what he did,” the longtime dancer says. “He had a firm hand on everything, but ...

Betty White, also known as the “First Lady of Television,” wore many hats, as a comedian, a talk show host, an actress, and more. But one heartwarming story about her principled stand in supporting a ...

Betty White has rightfully been remembered fondly for many aspects of her legendary career ever since she died at the age of 99 on New Year’s Eve, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. One such reason ...

Little Arthur Duncan is a throwback to a time before blues was elevated to the status of folk art–when it was still mainstream entertainment in working-class black communities. Born in Indianola, ...

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