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A message to our patrons from the Lost and Found

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ABilly S. Jones-Hennin talking about bar discrimination

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Advertisement for Club Madame, Club Mitchell, and Phase One

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Badlands advertisement

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Blue Plains All Night Disco advertisement

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Can you feel it?

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ClubHouse sound clip from a recording of an entire evening of Tito Robinson's playlist at The ClubHouse

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Carl Barnwell playing piano at the P Street Station

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Chicken Hut

male singer in drag at the Chicken Hut, pre-1969.

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Club Madame advertisement

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Club Madame advertisement

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Court Jester advertisement

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Cy's advertisement

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Cy's advertisement

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D.C. Eagle Roots and Beyond

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DC Eagle advertisement

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DC. Eagle and Eagle in Exile advertisement

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Deposition of Jeff Blake in regards to discrimination against African Americans at the Grand Central disco

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Deposition of Jeff Blake, former bartender of the Grand Central disco, regarding the racist instructions given him by the owners of the Grand Central on how to treat African American customers.

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discrimination : typescript of article on discrimination against African Americans in gay bars

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Typescript of article outlining the overt racism from the bar owners toward African American customers that bar tender Jeff Blake of the Grand Central observed.

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