The non profit historic Ebony Showcase Theatre and Cultural Arts Center, Inc., founded by Nick (Lightnin' of Amos 'n' Andy and Brer Bear from Song of the South) and Edna Stewart in 1950, must be relocated. The Stewarts took their life's earnings to create and maintain the Ebony for 50 years, but now that the CRA has demolished the complex we must move the theatre to a new location ...

December 18, 2000 Nick Stewart Passes Away Originally posted to the alt.obituaries news group: Nick 'Lightin' Stewart Dies. Cultural Activist and Last Survivor of Amos and Andy TV Show The Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition is sad to announce that, in Los Angeles on Monday 18 at age 90, Nick 'Lightnin' Stewart passed away. Mr. Stewart was a prominent actor, teacher, preservationist, ...