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Blue Note

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1951-1959 1319 E. Jefferson St. When Emmett Lewis, boss of the black musicians union Local 493, moved the union office

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Ebony

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1950s 514 S. Jackson St. Seatle pianist Elmer Gill felt that the Jackson Street clubs had an often unwarrantted reputation

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East Madison YMCA

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1936-1940s 1700 23rd Ave. Though obviously not a night club, the East Madison YMCA was an historically important venue for

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Green Dot

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1930s-1940s 609 S. Jackson St. A barber shop with a piano room in back owned by Sherman Spates, the Green

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Dumas Club

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1910s 209 Fifth Ave. S., later 1040 S. Jackson St. One of Seattle’s first African-American social clubs, the Dumas Club

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Rizal Club

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1930s-1940s 605 1/2 S. King St., corner 6th Ave. S. A Filipino social club founded by Demetrio Ente, the Rizal

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Black and Tan aka Alhambra, Porter’s and Waiter’s

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1920-1969 404 12th Ave. S., also 1205 S. Jackson St. (corner 12th & Jackson) The longest-running popular music establishment in

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Rocking Chair

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1940s-1950s 115 14th Ave. S. Sometime in the 1940s the Blue Rose became the Rocking Chair, still run by “Big

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Copper Kettle

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1920s 2103 E. Madison St. Not much information survives about this East Madison district speakeasy, but it is known that

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Black Elks Club

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1938-1950s 662 1/2 S. Jackson St. In 1938, the Seatttle chapter of the Black Elks fraternal order moved its offices

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