. "1940Z"^^ . "Dudley, Sherman H."@en . "American businessman" . "1870Z"^^ . "1872Z"^^ . "Lone Star Comedian"@en . "1940-03-01Z"^^ . "Sherman Houston Dudley"@en . "Sherman Houston Dudley (1872 \u2013 March 1, 1940) was an African-American vaudeville performer and theatre entrepreneur. He gained notability in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as an individual performer, a composer of ragtime songs, and as a member and later owner of various minstrel shows including the Smart Set."@en . .