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Author | : Thomas Bauman |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2014-05-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 025209624X |
In 1904, political operator and gambling boss Robert T. Motts opened the Pekin Theater in Chicago. Dubbed the "Temple of Music," the Pekin became one of the country's most prestigious African American cultural institutions, renowned for its all-black stock company and school for actors, an orchestra able to play ragtime and opera with equal brilliance, and a repertoire of original musical comedies. A missing chapter in African American theatrical history, Bauman's saga presents how Motts used his entrepreneurial acumen to create a successful black-owned enterprise. Concentrating on institutional history, Bauman explores the Pekin's philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multi-racial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument. The Pekin's prestige and profitability faltered after Motts' death in 1911 as his heirs lacked his savvy, and African American elites turned away from pure entertainment in favor of spiritual uplift. But, as Bauman shows, the theater had already opened the door to a new dynamic of both intra- and inter-racial theater-going and showed the ways a success, like the Pekin, had a positive economic and social impact on the surrounding community.
Author | : Pamela McCord |
Publisher | : Pamela McCord |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2019-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781947392465 |
Pekin Dewlap hasn't seen a ghost since she was twelve. But she'd do anything to get them back. Starting a ghostbusting business with her two best friends, Amber and Scout, seems like the perfect way to accomplish her goal. Of course, playing with ghosts isn't high on their wish list, so Pekin has to do some arm-twisting to get them on board. Once committed, Pekin and her friends find themselves in deep, trying to solve the disappearance of fourteen-year-old Miranda Talbert. Miranda went missing in 1918, and her spirit has wandered the halls of Elmwood Manor for the last hundred years. In the midst of finding Miranda, discovering her budding feelings for Scout, and consoling a terrified Amber, Pekin is met by an angry ghost set on thwarting her plans. Will the Ghosties be able to help Miranda, or will Pekin's business die before she solves the mystery?
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Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 1990 |
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Author | : Howard E. Simpson |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Author | : Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company |
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Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Ducks |
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Author | : Alfred R. Lee |
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Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Bees |
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Author | : Jos. A. Arnold |
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Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1917 |
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Total Pages | : 1306 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Poultry |
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Author | : Newton Bateman |
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Total Pages | : 1372 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Illinois |
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Author | : Mrs. A. Basley |
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Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Poultry |
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