Slappy White Advertisement Alongside CORE Activism Report in Miami Times
Title
Slappy White Advertisement Alongside CORE Activism Report in Miami Times
Subject
Slappy White
Description
The Circuit and politics were linked in African American communities and existed side-by-side on newspaper pages. Comedians performed regularly on the Circuit. This ad promotes comedian Slappy White, who later appeared on Sanford and Son and other television shows. White performed alongside club singer Phyllis Branch in this weeklong booking at the Hampton House Club in Brownsville. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, musicians Cannonball Adderley and LaVern Baker, and other African American celebrities stayed at the Hampton House Motel. The Motel’s jazz club was a popular stop on the Circuit.
Creator
Miami Times
Source
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028321/00683/16j
Publisher
University of Florida Digital Collections
Date
January 5, 1963
Rights
Miami Times
University of Florida Digital Collections
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Image
Coverage
Miami, Florida
Files
Citation
Miami Times, “Slappy White Advertisement Alongside CORE Activism Report in Miami Times,” The Sunshine Stroll: Music and Politics on the Florida Chitlin’ Circuit, 1935-1970, accessed May 4, 2024, https://cbcrenshaw.omeka.net/items/show/16.