Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-302), discography: pages 235-271, and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction: Jazz, nightlife, and the Hill District -- part I. Dangerous ground : Black and tan clubs, vice, and prohibition (1920-1934): Racial and sexual politics of Black and tan nightlife ; Claiming a place for jazz : the Collins and Paramount Inns -- part II. Pittsburgh's renaissance and jazz's golden age (1945-1968): Competing visions of modernity ; Life in the jazz house : the Crawford Grill no. 2 and Hurricane Bar -- part III. The paradox of progress : jazz as Black musical labor (1908-1977): Civil rights and Musicians Union ; Challenging discrimination, resisting merger -- part IV. Jazz and the community archive (1968-2024): Hill nightlife in the wake of 1968 ; The community archive in practice -- Epilogue: To honor and repair.
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