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Author Smith, Peter Dunbaugh

Title A cultural history of the first jazz and blues communities in Jacksonville, Florida, 1896-1916 : a contribution of African Americans to American theatre / Peter Dunbaugh Smith ; with a foreword by Michael B. Bakan
Published Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (v, 219 pages)
Contents La Villa and Jacksonville -- The Johnson brothers and the Great White Way -- On stage, under canvas: touring tent shows -- "We will soon reach the ladder": honky-tonk theaters and Jim Crow -- A first class house: the Globe Theater and the Colored Airdome -- Tough on Black artists: the Strand Theater and the southern circuits -- Ashley Street blues, the end of an era -- Conclusion and epilogue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index
Notes English
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Subject African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
African American arts -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century
Popular culture -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century
Community life -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
African American arts
African Americans -- Intellectual life
Community life
Intellectual life
Popular culture
Race relations
SUBJECT La Villa (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Florida -- Jacksonville
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780779907892
0779907892