Ed Sullivan on Blacks on Television Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Briggs, Bunny performer Television/Video 1949-04-09 Ed Sullivan said: "Television is not only just what the doctor ordered for Negro performers; television subtly has supplied ten-league boots to the Negro in his fight to win what the Constitution of this country guarantees as his birthright....some of the greatest hits I've had on "Toast of the Town" have been the venerable W.C. Handy, Bill Graves,...Bill Robinson of course, tap dancing marvel Bunny Briggs, and one of the greatest comedy geniuses of modern show business, Judge Pigmeat. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Bunny Briggs (biography) loc.music.tdabio.27 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1409