Stepin Fetchit

is the stage name of comedian and actor Lincoln Perry (1902-1985). His film persona is that of a befuddled, servile, mumbling, shiftless fool, and was often considered the laziest man in the world. He became the first black actor millionaire, but had to declare bankruptcy in 1947. When the Civil Rights movement began, Stepin Fetchit came to symbolize something black Americans wanted to forget.
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