535 Library West  •  PO Box 117000  •  Gainesville, FL 32611-7000
librarypress.domains.uflib.ufl.edu  •  librarypress@uflib.ufl.edu

The Cotton Club Copyright © 2024 by Kathleen Benson Haskins is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, meaning anyone may copy, share, adapt, or translate the text for any noncommercial purpose, as long as they provide appropriate attribution to Dr. James Haskins.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en, except where otherwise noted.

Names:  Haskins, James, author. | Haskins, Kathy, author of preface. | George A. Smathers Libraries, publisher.

Title: The Cotton Club / by James Haskins ; preface by Kathy Haskins.

Description: Gainesville, FL : Library Press @ UF, 2024 | Summary: 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.

Identifiers: ISBN 9781944455231 (ebook)

Series: James S. Haskins LibraryPress@UF Series.

Subjects: LCSH: Cotton Club. | Jazz–New York (State)–New York–History and criticism. | New York (N.Y.)–Social life and customs.

Classification: LCC   ML200.8.N52 H37 2023