What It Was Really Like At The Cotton Club

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:33:24 +0000

Opened in 1920, Harlem's Cotton Club was a red-hot venue. However, despite its location, the club's audience was whites-only, in stark contrast to its cast of all-Black performers. So what was the legendary Cotton Club really like?

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Bootleg booze only | 0:00
White audience, black performers | 1:20
Up-and-coming stars | 2:14
You could meet all kinds | 3:11
The dancers | 4:05
Things got risque | 4:57
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson | 5:46
Duke and Adelaide | 6:35
Audience integration | 7:17
Fog machines and special effects | 7:58
1935 Harlem riots | 8:41
Cotton Club wannabes | 9:43

Voiceover by: Tim Bensch

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