There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...

*Stepin Fetchit, known as the laziest man in the world, grew from a widely famous character on the big screen of the 1930s to a modern day slur akin to Uncle Tom. But that’s not what actor Lincoln ...

If Stepin Fetchit could have written his own legacy, he’d have described himself as a pioneer in American cinema, a comedian whose talents helped secure a place for black faces in the formative years ...

Although he never won an Oscar, Lincoln Perry was America's first black movie star. But for that distinction, Perry paid a heavy price -- he is best known as the character of Stepin Fetchit, a ...

Few pop consumers remember who Stepin Fetchit was. That must mean we’ve come a long way from the period when mass media trafficked in racist black stereotypes, because Stepin Fetchit was one of the ...

This article originally appeared in Vulture. A block away from Hollywood Boulevard, at 1751 Vine Street, sits a peculiar star on the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, a reminder of a period of history that ...

During his time, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry’s success could have been considered the epitome of any man’s dream, regardless of race. Born in Key West, Fla., in 1892 to Caribbean parents, ...

To the extent that the black film comedian Stepin Fetchit is remembered at all today, it’s as a symbol of racism. Beginning his career in the late 1920s, Fetchit–whose real name was Lincoln Theodore ...

Stepin Fetchit, the shuffling black actor known for his portrayal of a perpetually bemused Uncle Tom-like character, died Tuesday of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, a hospital spokeswoman said ...