• Kansas City’s champion cakewalker

  • Aug 14 2024
  • Length: 28 mins
  • Podcast

Kansas City’s champion cakewalker

  • Summary

  • The 19th-century American dance craze "the cakewalk" began as a form of resistance by enslaved Black people — a showy promenade concealing a mockery of slave owners. One of the most charismatic and famous cakewalking champions was Kansas City’s own Doc Brown. KCUR’s Julie Denesha reports on a modern movement to recognize Brown’s stamp on history.
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