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Cakewalk, engraving, 1892

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development of dance
- In Western dance: Dance contests and codes
form of jazz dance
- In jazz dance

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Grace Young

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: African American Registry - The Cakewalk Dance.	Grace Young	Dec 02, 2013
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999