# @nbcblk on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BUaXDQhANM7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19235971-nbcblk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/66d628643a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-05-22T22:45:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC BLK (@nbcblk) — https://gondola.cc/nbcblk

## Caption

A unicycle-riding, basketball-playing troupe rode into ringlingbros history as the first black act for the circus. Hailing from #theBronx, the King Charles Troupe debuted with the #circus in 1969.
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#RinglingBros and Barnum & Bailey Circus folded up its Big Top for the last time on Sunday night in New York, as emotional performers, wistful crowd-goers and ecstatic protesters said farewell to an institution in American live entertainment after 146 years.
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Ringling's parent company, Feld Entertainment, announced in January it would close the show, citing declining attendance and high operating costs.
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See the NBCNews #InstagramStory for a look inside the last days of the 'Greatest Show on Earth.'
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(📷 achungphoto / for NBCNews) #🎪

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## Tags

circus, ringlingbros, instagramstory, thebronx

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