The Cotton Club was a famous Harlem nightclub opened in 1923 by a white gangster. It featured only African American entertainers such as Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway performing for exclusively white audiences. In the late 1920s, Duke Ellington convinced the club to start admitting African American patrons. The club was a major influence on popular culture and entertainment at the time.

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

25. First went on air November 2, 1920

27. KDKA provided its first remote broadcast by airing
a choir live.

29. They began broadcasting in
October of 1921.

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, 19
34
 African
Americans
began to
perform


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