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The Pekin: The Rise and Fall of Chicago's First Black-Owned Theater - New Black Studies Series
Thomas Bauman
Focusing on institutional history, this book explores the Pekin Theater'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.
264 pages, 9 b&w photographs, 15 musical examples, 1 line drawing
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 25, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780252038365 |
| Publishers | University of Illinois Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 163 × 26 mm · 574 g |
