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Entertainer Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia "Bricktop" Smith (August 14, 1894 - January 31, 1984) was born at Alderson. At five, red-haired little Ada made her stage debut in a performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Chicago. At 16 she per...
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