The Cotton Club

I’m pictures and text Jim Haskins tells the story of The Cotton Club: The hottest spot in Harlem, the wellspring of the best black musical and theatrical talent in the country, a symbol of the jazz age in New York in its heyday, and the notorious admittance policy that only allowed whites. in photography and narrative, Jim Haskins reports on the gangsters that owned it, the celebrities who packed it’s tables, The legendary singers and musicians that performed, the famous ask who entertained on a regular basis, and the legendary music for which the cotton club is culturally defined. Jim Haskins sets out to put the story of the cotton club in the context of socio-cultural and socio-historical, and socio-political history. by focusing on the backdrop of prohibition, the great depression, and war, Haskins achieves a marvelous narrative and photographic recollection of the magnificent cultural phenomenon known as The Cotton Club.