2. Amy Lang

4. 
In 1923, Owney Madden, a
white gangster opened the
club.

5. 

People could order a number of dishes,
such as fried chicken and barbecued
ribs.
They enjoyed numerous forms of
entertainment, such as the Cotton Club's
chorus line.

6. 




The acts featured all African Americans.
Ethel Waters.
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates
Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway

7. 

Whites were the only ones originally
admitted.
Duke Ellington was able to persuade the
club to allow African Americans to be
admitted.

9. 
The ballroom opened in
March, 1926.

10. Entrance fees were 50 cents, or 75
on the weekends.
 It offered 12 consecutive hours of
dancing every single day.


11. Dances such as the "Lindy Hop" or
the "Shim Sham" were danced.
 Fletcher Henderson, and Joe
"King" Oliver performed there.


12. Kristen Coiley

13. 1916
 The first to protest
racial violence.


14. Poet
 Journalist
 Teacher
 Playwright


15. 

1935
Was about the conflict between a white
plantation owner and his mulatto son
who he refuses to recognize as his son.

16. Very controversial
 Banned in Philadelphia


17. Playwright
 Poet
 Novelist
 Journalist


18. Drama
 About a man who didn’t follow his
heart and married the wrong woman
 Highlighted the wife’s jealousy of the
other woman’s lighter-colored skin


19. Playwright
 Actress
 Director
 Teacher


20. 1926
 About the migration of African
Americans to the North during WWI


21. Playwright
 Teacher
 Writer


22. Tom Kaack

31. Collette LeBoeuf

32. 
exerted a greater influence upon
popular culture than any other
entertainment venue in the world

33. 
originally a
new
Burlesque
Theatre

African
American
admissions
not
permitted.

34. 

January,
1934
African
Americans
began to
perform

35. 


Ralph Cooper
Sr. Benny Carter
“16 Gorgeous
Hotsteppers”