Joseph "Doc" Brown

William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown (1835 – February 28, 1905), known as Joseph "Doc" Brown was an American dancer and champion cakewalker. He is commemorated in the ragtime tune Doc Brown's Cake Walk by Charles L. Johnson.

An 1896 portrait of Doc Brown by the African-American painter M. C. Haywood hangs in Kansas City Museum.

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