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Aida Overton Walker

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Ada Overton Walker (14 February 1880 - 11 October 1914), also billed as Aïda Overton Walker and as "The Queen of the Cakewalk", was an African American vaudeville performer and wife of George Walker. She appeared with her husband and his performing partner Bert Williams, and appeared in groups such as Black Patti's Troubadours. She was also a solo dancer and choreographer for vaudeville shows such as Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson's The Red Moon (1908) and S. H. Dudley's His Honor the Barber (1911).

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