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| Forewords |
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Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword |
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13 | (1) |
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The Apollo: A Place of Possibility |
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14 | (5) |
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Growing Up with the Apollo |
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19 | (5) |
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| Preludes |
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James Brown Live at the Apollo |
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24 | (12) |
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The Godfather of Soul, Finally at Rest |
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36 | (4) |
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1 Black Metropolis: New York City's Harlem, 1914 to 1934 |
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40 | (30) |
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City of Refuge: Early Harlem |
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42 | (12) |
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The Long Road Traveled to Harlem's Apollo |
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54 | (6) |
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Spotlight: The Empress Bessie Smith |
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60 | (2) |
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James Reese Europe's Band's Triumphant Return to Harlem |
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62 | (4) |
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Popular Dance of the 1920s and Early '30s: From Animal Dance Crazes to the Lindy Hop |
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66 | (4) |
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2 New Deal, New Swing: The Apollo Theater in the 1930s and 1940s |
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It's Showtime! The Birth of the Apollo Theater |
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72 | (12) |
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Impresario Frank Schiffman |
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84 | (4) |
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88 | (8) |
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Great Jazz and Pop Singers |
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96 | (8) |
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104 | (6) |
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Spotlight: Ella Fitzerald at the Apollo |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (6) |
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Tap and the Apollo Theater |
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118 | (6) |
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124 | (4) |
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The Apollo Theater and the Chitlin Circuit |
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128 | (4) |
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African Americans and World War II |
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132 | (6) |
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3 The Soul of the Apollo: The Apollo Theater in the 1950s and 1960s |
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138 | (60) |
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The Apollo's Golden Years |
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142 | (14) |
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156 | (8) |
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Spotlight: Dionne Warwick: Working the Apollo |
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164 | (4) |
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Bobby Schiffman Remembers |
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168 | (2) |
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The Apollo and Civil Rights |
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170 | (4) |
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Harlem, Black Creativity, and Black Consciousness |
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174 | (8) |
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Popular African American Dance of the 1950s and '60s |
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182 | (4) |
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186 | (8) |
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Modern Jazz at the Apollo |
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194 | (4) |
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4 A Changing Harlem, a Changing Apollo: The Apollo Theater in the 1970s and 1980s |
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198 | (51) |
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The Apollo Adapts to a Changing World |
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200 | (8) |
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Spotlight: The Queen of Soul |
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208 | (2) |
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Up South at the Apollo: Funk Takes Center Stage in the 1960s and '70s |
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210 | (10) |
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Latin Music at the Apollo |
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220 | (6) |
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226 | (2) |
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5 A New Apollo for a New Harlem: The Apollo Theater in the 1990s and 2000s |
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228 | (2) |
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An Anchor in Harlem: Apollo, More Than a Theater |
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230 | (4) |
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Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture |
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234 | (6) |
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240 | (2) |
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Nightbirds at the Apollo: The Legendary Labelle Reunites in Splendor |
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242 | (7) |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Bibliography |
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| Contributors |
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| Photography Credits |
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| Index |
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