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The Pekin : the rise and fall of Chicago's first black-owned theater /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauman, Thomas, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
Pekin (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) > History.
African American theater > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Theater > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African Americans in the performing arts > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The temple of music
  • The New Pekin
  • Tacking to the wind
  • Holding the stroll
  • Motts's last years
  • From pillar to post
  • Epilogue: diaspora.