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The Black and Tan Club in Seattle was founded in 1922 in the wake of Prohibition, catering for the relatively small black and mixed-race population in that city. It was held in a basement under a drug store at the junction of 12th Street and Jackson. By the onset of the Second World War the club was one of the most popular in the city and ...
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [ 1] At the time, it was known as the " New Negro Movement ", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited ...
Connie's Inn. Coordinates: 40.812802°N 73.94537°W. Connie's Inn was a Harlem, New York City, black and tan nightclub established in 1923 by Connie Immerman (né Conrad Immerman; 1893–1967) [1] in partnership with two of his brothers, George (1884–1944) and Louie Immerman (1882–1955).
The New York Renaissance, also known as the Renaissance Big R Five and as the Rens, were the first black-owned, all- black, fully-professional basketball team in history, established in October 1923, by Robert "Bob" Douglas. They were named after the Renaissance Casino and Ballroom through an agreement with its owner, in return for the use of ...
In the post-World War II era, Harlem ceased to be home to a majority of the city's blacks, [116] but it remained the cultural and political capital of black New York, and possibly black America. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] The character of the community changed in the years after the war, as middle-class blacks left for the outer boroughs (primarily the ...
The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923–1936), then briefly in the midtown Theater District (1936–1940). [ 1] The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation.
Plaque commemorating the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City. The ballroom went out of business in October 1958. [22] Despite efforts to save it by Borough President Hulan Jack, Savoy Ballroom manager and co-owner Charles Buchanan, clubs, and organizations, the Savoy Ballroom was demolished for the construction of the Delano Village housing complex between March and April 1959. [23]
These clubs fostered a sense of community and promoted Black-owned businesses. The Beau Brummel Club was founded in 1918 by Roy Dorsey, a tailor who also pitched a couple of games for the Negro ...