History of Stepping
 

Hey everyone, my name is Tabitha! I become a Zeta Phi Beta in 1996 at Texas Tech University. My purpose of writing, today, is my daughter is doing a history project over "Africa Americans Communicating through "Stepping" Then & Now. This is the problem we have located information on the "history of stepping" but we cannot pinpoint where it originated. Can someonee pinpoint where "stepping" orginiated & who can she call for primary sources (to interview). If anyone would like to contact me, please e-mail me at tabtrue@yahoo.com.

I don't think it's possible to pinpoint all the places that stepping came from. There are some African influences, yes, but it didn't "come" from Africa. There are some do-wop, military, and gospel traditions, too. Even "white" fraternity traditions. It all comes together to make stepping, which I think is a uniquely African American art.

Try Soulstepping by Elizabeth Fine.

History of Stepping
 

She has located various of information from fraterities and they state how African traditons related to "stepping" and how slaves we allowed to dance (stepping). I am still looking for information, she has to be finished by the end of Nov.

Good luck.