Stars of Vaudeville #376: James A. Bland
James A. Bland (born this day in 1854) was “The Prince of Negro Songwriters” and “The World’s Greatest Minstrel Man”, author of some 700 songs, including “Oh, Dem Golden Slippers” and “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”. A graduate of Howard University (and the son of one America’s first black college graduates), it may seem [...]