I never won a cake at the cakewalk during an annual carnival to raise money for the elementary school I attended in Indiana. I always had high hopes of winning one of the gorgeous cakes on display.

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "The history of American dance reflects the nation's tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds watched, imitated, and stole from ...

Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. The dancers wear rather formal ...

When Josh Norman accepted the offer to appear on “Dancing with the Stars Athletes,” he thought there would be some work involved. But he didn’t think there would be hour upon hour of work, as well as ...