Editing Stepin Fetchit (section)

== Music composition ==
In late November 1963, Perry collaborated with [[Motown|Motown Records]] founder [[Berry Gordy|Berry Gordy Jr.]] and [[Esther Gordy Edwards]] in composing "May What He Lived for Live," a song intended to honor the memory of [[John F. Kennedy|President John F. Kennedy]] in the wake of his assassination. Perry was credited under the pseudonym W.A. Bisson. The song was recorded in December 1963 by [[Liz Lands]], who in 1968 performed the work at the funeral of the [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King Jr]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Maraniss|first=David|title=Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2015|location=New York|pages=296–7}}</ref>