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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cakewalk-dance-black-history/(permalink)
Author: snopescom
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Date published
2022-02-19
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  • The word "cakewalk" comes from dances performed by Black American slaves on Southern plantations to mock their white slave owners.

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