Book Title: The Cotton Club
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Book Description: In The Cotton Club, Jim Haskins chronicles the story of the Cotton Club, an acclaimed nightclub in Harlem, New York, from 1923-1940 that was a symbol of the Jazz Age. This book tells the story of the Cotton Club which featured legendary Black singers and musicians and served as a meeting location with “Celebrity Nights." Here, Haskins shares stories of amazing popular artists, jilted love, prohibition, segregation, social impact, and more. First published in 1977, this book served as the basis for the 1984 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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In The Cotton Club, Jim Haskins chronicles the story of the Cotton Club, an acclaimed nightclub in Harlem, New York, from 1923-1940 that was a symbol of the Jazz Age. This book tells the story of the Cotton Club which featured legendary Black singers and musicians and served as a meeting location with “Celebrity Nights.” Here, Haskins shares stories of amazing popular artists, jilted love, prohibition, segregation, social impact, and more. First published in 1977, this book served as the basis for the 1984 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Jim Haskins was a prolific author and scholar, writing more than one hundred books for adults and children. Many of his books highlight the successes and importance of African Americans. In 2024, the LibraryPress@UF reissued new versions of four of his important books: The Cotton Club, Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime, Barbara Jordan, and Fighting Shirley Chisholm.
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The Cotton Club Copyright © 2024 by Kathleen Benson Haskins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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The Cotton Club Copyright © 2024 by Kathleen Benson Haskins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
The Cotton Club is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Copyright 2024 Kathleen Benson Haskins.
Collage of images on the cover. Postcard of the Paradise Room at Small’s Paradise. The man in the upper right corner is Ed Smalls, the founder of the club. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.The Cotton Club, early 1930s. Courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica. A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light coloured tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white tops with black and white vertically striped shorts. Calloway’s band is also visible in the background. Date: 1930s. Record ID: nmaahc_2013.237.12. Credit: Smithosonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0)
