The Pekin - The Rise and Fall of Chicago's First Black-owned Theater - Hardback - 2014

Focusing on institutional history, this book explores the Pekin Theaters philosophy of hiring only African American staff, its embrace of multiracial upper class audiences, and its ready assumption of roles as diverse as community center, social club, and fundraising instrument.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 264 pages, 9 bw photographs, 15 musical examples, 1 line drawing
Format: Hardback
Serie: New Black Studies Series