A cultural history of the first jazz and blues communities in Jacksonville, Florida, 1896-1916
Subtitle: a contribution of African Americans to American theatre
By: Peter Dunbaugh Smith ; with a foreword by Michael B. Bakan
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781495503511
Subjects: African American arts; Race relations; Intellectual life; Community life; Popular culture; African Americans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: La Villa and Jacksonville; title: The Johnson brothers and the Great White Way; title: On stage, under canvas: touring tent shows; title: "We will soon reach the ladder": honky-tonk theaters and Jim Crow; title: A first class house: the Globe Theater and the Colored Airdome; title: Tough on Black artists: the Strand Theater and the southern circuits; title: Ashley Street blues, the end of an era; title: Conclusion and epilogue.