Ad: Victory Jubilee Dance with Sonny Blount, Masonic Temple (1945)
Title
Ad: Victory Jubilee Dance with Sonny Blount, Masonic Temple (1945)
Description
Newspaper advertisement for a Victory Jubilee Dance ("An All-Star Jubilee Special") at Birmingham's Masonic Temple. On occasions like this, the Masonic Temple -- a center for Black life in segregated Birmingham, and a key venue for top local and national dance bands -- opened its doors to white visitors for a special performance.
A few months after this event, bandleader Sonny Blount would leave Birmingham for Chicago, where he would become better known as Sun Ra.
Birmingham News, September 23, 1945.
A few months after this event, bandleader Sonny Blount would leave Birmingham for Chicago, where he would become better known as Sun Ra.
Birmingham News, September 23, 1945.
Date
1945-09-23
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Collection
Citation
“Ad: Victory Jubilee Dance with Sonny Blount, Masonic Temple (1945),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1395.