Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Statue

Charming

The monument is quite charming and on a human scale. We stopped with some takeout from Mama J's on our way to the excellent Black History Museum and Cultural Center.

Mr Bojangles, dance!

Bill Robinson, known as Mr Bojangles, was most famous for his tap dancing with Shirley Temple in the 1930s, but he was also an actor and singer. He was also a philanthropist and campaigner for a bette...

Not a place most locals know about...

This statue is a beautiful piece of happy sculpture. It is full of life and movement and really reflects its subject in terms of body positioning and facial expression. It is in an out of the way lo...

An Important Part of History

I was touring Richmond when I came across this tribute to Bill Robinson. He was a tap dancer, actor, and arguably the best and most highly paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the t...

Interesting to see...

Just for the historical content, we had to visit this statue and glad we did. It's located on a fairly small corner of an intersection, but easy to see from the street. It's located in the Jackson W...