What was the significance of the cotton club during the harlem renaissance?

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Kyrax · Answer 1 · 2018-08-15T23:45:28+0000

In 1920, Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion, opened the Club Deluxe on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue in the center of Harlem. Owney Madden, a white gangster, took over operations in 1923, and renamed the venue the Cotton Club.

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