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These social distinctions made the cosmopolitan Harlem more appealing to many blacks.[9] The Cotton Club of the Prohibition era had a segregated, white-only audience policy and a color-conscious, high yellow hiring policy for chorus girls.[12] It was common for lighter-skinned African Americans to hold paper bag parties, which admitted only those whose complexion was lighter than that of a brown paper bag.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:38:48 +0000

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