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Now get this—when all the Negroes was goin' around straightening their hair and bleaching theirself trying to be white and thought improvement was white, in them days I was provin' to the world that black was beautiful. Me. I opened so many things for Negroes—I'm so proud today of the things that the Negroes is enjoying because I personally did 'em myself.

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It was not Martin Luther King who emancipated the modern Negro, but Stepin Fetchit.... It was Step, who elevated the Negro to the dignity of a Hollywood star. I made the Negro a first-class citizen all over the world.

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Stepin Fetchit

Stepin Fetchit

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Born: May 30, 1902

Died: November 19, 1985 (aged 83)

Bio: Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American comedian and film actor, who had his greatest fame throughout the 1930s. In films and on stage, the persona of Stepin Fetchit was billed as "the Laziest Man in the World".

Known for:

Judge Priest (1934)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Bend of the River (1952)
Hearts in Dixie (1929)

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