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Eldorado Ballroom is a former nightclub in the Third Ward, Houston, on the other side of the road from Emancipation Park. [1] The white brick and stucco Art Moderne building has 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) of space. [2] Caroline Love of Houston Public Media described it as "A pillar of Houston’s historic music scene". [3]
The oldest black church in Houston is Trinity United Methodist Church, which was started by Rev. Elias Dibble who came from Mississippi to establish churches. [57] The oldest Black Baptist church in Houston is the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, historically a part of the Freedmen's Town of Fourth Ward and now in Downtown Houston. [58]
The Eldorado was built in 1939 and was one of the first black clubs and entertainment venues in Houston. [3] Previously, they had also opened the Pastime Theater in 1929. [4] Other businesses that they opened included a pharmacy, men's apparel store, paint store and a nightclub. [5]
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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, like other prominent outlaw motorcycle clubs, utilizes smaller motorcycle clubs – known as support clubs, "puppet clubs" or "satellite clubs" – as auxiliary units. These support clubs, mostly regional, are subservient to the will of the Bandidos and, in general, are typically used for protection, promotion or ...
The first is The Prince Hall Masons, and the second is The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The Black Masons were established in 1775 in Boston, Massachusetts, after Prince Hall and ...
The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers following the era of venues run by the "white-owned-and-operated Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA)...formed in 1921."