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[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 212: Early in 1928 Lew Lewis produced Blackbirds of 1928 at the Liberty Theatre.
at blackbird, n.1
[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 107: Many of the most popular of the Williams and Walker songs; among them [...] ‘Bon Bon Buddy, the Chocolate Drop’.
at chocolate drop (n.) under chocolate, adj.
[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 128: The War Amendments passed on the Negroe’s behalf had been completely nullified or evaded in the Southern states; and he was disfranchised, ‘Jim Crowed’.
at Jim Crow, v.
[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 217: On February 2, 1929 a play was put on at the Apollo Theatre [...] called Harlem and it was a portrayal of life in a Harlem railroad flat, of rent parties, of the ‘sweetback,’ of the ‘hot stuff man,’ of the ‘number king’ and the number racket.
at sweetback (man), n.
[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 64: After a good play the whole team would for a moment cut monkey-shines that would make the grand stand and bleachers roar.
at monkey shine, n.
[US] J.W. Johnson Black Manhattan 217: On February 2, 1929 a play was put on at the Appollo Theatre [...] called Harlem and it was a portrayal of life in a Harlem railroad flat, of rent parties, of the ‘sweetback,’ of the ‘hot stuff man,’ of the ‘number king’ and the number racket.
at numbers-banker (n.) under numbers, the, n.
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