Tuesday, February 4, 2020

William Thomas Jr. / Buckwheat



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This is a studio portrait of William Thomas Jr., the child actor who played Buckwheat in the Little Rascals / Our Gang film shorts of the '30s and '40s. His was reputedly the longest continuing character in the popular serials. The serials were criticized by many for perpetuating harmful racial stereotypes, but celebrated by others for featuring black and white children co-existing amicably. Thomas left the series in '43 and entered military service. He never performed in another motion picture. He was not quite 50 when he died 40 years ago this October.

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