Betty White Once Helped Launch the Career of a Black Tap Dancer by Hiring Him for Her Variety Show
For decades,Betty Whiteused her stardom to uplift others. In 2017, White reunited with then 83-year-old tap dancer Arthur Duncan, whom she had helped secure his first television job on her variety showThe Betty White Showmore than six decades prior — despite the fact that viewers had complained at the time about the color of his skin. “I was on the show, and they had some letters out of Mississippi and elsewhere that some of the stations would not carry the show if I was permitted to stay on there,” Duncan explainedduring an episode of Steve Harvey’sLittle Big Shots: Forever Young....