potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFemale vocalist entertains patrons at the first integrated club (Cafe Society), NYC, 1947lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1imageFemale vocalist entertains patrons at the first integrated club (Cafe Society), NYC, 1947lemmy.worldpotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
Often billed as Billie Holiday, but the original info seems to suggest Nellie Lutcher. Regardless, I’d love a poster of it.
minus-squareLembot_0006@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoWhat does “integrated” mean in this context?
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoNo, it’s the opposite of discrete. This club does not have upgradeable, replaceable parts.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI mean, also true, if you read about the level of talent that flowed through that club. It’s where Billie Holiday DEBUTED Strange Fruit. I get chills just imagining that shit.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoBlack and White people allowed in the same place at the same time. Back in the day you could have clubs in Black neighborhoods that only allowed White patrons [look up the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC]
What does “integrated” mean in this context?
The opposite of segregated
No, it’s the opposite of discrete.
This club does not have upgradeable, replaceable parts.
I mean, also true, if you read about the level of talent that flowed through that club. It’s where Billie Holiday DEBUTED Strange Fruit. I get chills just imagining that shit.
Black and White people allowed in the same place at the same time.
Back in the day you could have clubs in Black neighborhoods that only allowed White patrons [look up the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC]