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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Paris, Unknown, France
This still-operating theater hosted the October 1925 premiere of La Revue Nègre, the show that launched 19-year-old Josephine Baker to stardom and helped ignite the Jazz Age craze for Black American music and dance across Paris.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that African American cultural production was derivative. Jazz, blues, and hip-hop are among America's only original art forms.
Before & After This Era
← Before · Great Migration
→ After · Contemporary
Sites in Conversation
"Shared theme: Music and Arts & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Music and Arts & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Music and Arts & International Diaspora Connections"