Black circus performers

  Veronica Blair has emerged as one of the top Black aerialists in the country, and has taken her high-flying talents all around the world. Blair is the first African-American aerialist to perform with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus troupe, along with other high-profile positions in her steadily rising career. Blair, a […]

Millie and Christine McKoy were conjoined twins born into slavery, who later became one of the most notable “human oddities” attractions in the world. Billed as the “Two-Headed Girl” and also the “Two-Headed Nightingale,” the McKoy sisters delighted crowds with song and dance performances, as well as reading aloud poetry they wrote together. Although they […]