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Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) - Un pódcast de Columbia University

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118th street at Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan Henry Minton, a tenor saxophonist and the first black delegate to Local 802 of the musicians’ union, opened Minton’s Playhouse in 1938. Located on 118th street at Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, adjacent to the Hotel Cecil, the Playhouse was a frequent temporary residence of musicians passing through New York.

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