Stepin Fetchit did become a star and was the first African American actor to get featured billing in a mainstream American film and the first to earn $1 million. #blackactors #1920s #silentmovie #moviestars. #actor | Jeff Waters

Are you familiar with the African-American actor Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, also known as Stepin Fetchit? He was not well received from the Black community in the 1930s because of his negative portrayal of African-Americans. He embraced most of the negative stereotypes that many African-American actors were trying to astray from. However, by the mid-1930s, Perry was a film star, and was the first African-American actor to become a millionaire. Although his negative portrayal of Africa