Sam Lucas
...that in 1878, Sam Lucas became the first African American actor to play the role of Uncle Tom in a serious production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, only to do the same for film 37 years later?
...that in <a href="./1878" id="mwAdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1878">1878</a>, <b id="mwAd0"><a href="./Sam_Lucas" id="mwAd4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sam Lucas">Sam Lucas</a></b> became the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwAd8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> actor to play the role of <a href="./Uncle_Tom" id="mwAeA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uncle Tom">Uncle Tom</a> in a serious production of <i id="mwAeE"><a href="./Uncle_Tom's_Cabin" id="mwAeI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uncle Tom's Cabin">Uncle Tom's Cabin</a></i>, only to do the same for film <a href="./1915" id="mwAeM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1915">37 years later</a>?