Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Few pop consumers remember who Stepin Fetchit was. That must mean we’ve come a long way from the ...

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...

If Stepin Fetchit could have written his own legacy, he’d have described himself as a pioneer in American cinema, a comedian whose talents helped secure a place for black faces in the formative years ...

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Host Neal Conan reads from listener letters on Muslims in France, Stepin Fetchit, and vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Coming up in a few minutes, we'll talk with Liberia's president-elect, Ellen ...

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the ...