Watch Your Step: A History of African American Dancing: Volume 1 in Bloomington, MN

Volume 1 describes the early minstrel troupes and their leading performers, such as Sam Lucas, Billy Kersands, Irving Jones, Ernest Hogan, and others, while tracing the evolution of various dances like the breadowns, Juba, and buck dancing. The entire second chapter focuses mainly on the Cakewalk and related artists like the Williams and Walker company.