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The Pekin

Bauman, Thomas, 1948-

The Pekin the rise and fall of Chicago's first black-owned theater / [electronic resource] : Thomas Bauman. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (240 p.) - The new black studies series . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The temple of music -- The New Pekin -- Tacking to the wind -- Holding the stroll -- Motts's last years -- From pillar to post -- Epilogue: diaspora.

9780252096242 025209624X


Pekin (Organization : Chicago, Ill.)--History.


African Americans in the performing arts--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century..
Theater--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
African American theater--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN2277.C42 / P45 2014

792.09773/11