Claim(permalink)
The word "cakewalk" comes from dances performed by Black American slaves on Southern plantations to mock their white slave owners.
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Date published
2022-02-19
Entities
MarsBlack History MonthLakshmiCakewalkMadison Square GardenSheet musicOhio State UniversityWrestling ringCharles Tate ReganSmithsonian InstitutionSnopesBlackfaceFuckNPRRacismDanceWhite peopleAmerican Civil WarCakeBlack peopleWhite supremacyMahatma GandhiTikTokParisNew York CityRagtimeSyncopationMinstrel showEtymologyMusicAfrican-American musicNational Museum of DenmarkNadine Coyle
