Negro Actors Guild Benefit Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Social Event 1945-11-11 Bill Robinson and Joe Louis chair of this event which included Duke Ellington and Louis Jordan and their musical units, amidst an array of tap talent from all strata of show business. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1202