Café Society
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Café Society was a pioneering, racially integrated New York City nightclub in the late 1930s and 1940s known for featuring prominent jazz and blues performers and left-leaning political clientele.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Café Society, New York City | 2 |
| Café Society canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nightclub ⓘ |
| closed | 1950 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| featuredPerformer |
Art Tatum
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Big Joe Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Coleman Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ Hazel Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Imogene Coca NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh White NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Lou Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Nellie Lutcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sister Rosetta Tharpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Teddy Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Zero Mostel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Barney Josephson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentedBy |
civil rights activists
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labor organizers ⓘ leftist intellectuals ⓘ |
| hadBranch |
Café Society Downtown
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ⓘ
Café Society Uptown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | pioneering racially integrated nightclub in New York City ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | European political cabarets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blues performances
ⓘ
jazz performances ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ progressive clientele ⓘ racial integration ⓘ |
| location |
Greenwich Village
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Midtown Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Billie Holiday introduced the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" there NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1938 ⓘ |
| policy |
no discrimination against Black patrons
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no discrimination against Black performers ⓘ no racial segregation ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | left-wing ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | political pressure and financial difficulties ⓘ |
| subjectOf | FBI scrutiny during the Red Scare ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Café Society, New York City
this entity surface form:
Café Society, New York City