Watch Your Step: A History of African American Dancing: Volume 1Author: Flix Lambert Tome 1 focuses on the emergence of minstrel troupes and dances prior to 1900, like the Pasmala and Cakewalk, the evolution of touring troupes in the 1900s, like Williams and Walker and Black Patti, and look at the transition of these troupes towards the next generation with the Smart Set and similar toupes involving other dance crazes like the Slow Drag, Ball the Jack or Walking the Dog. The book concludes with the arrival of the