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Black, White, and Tan: The Rules and Rituals of a Jim Crow-Era ‘Spook Breakfast’ in Kansas City, Missouri, 1935–1939


 
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1. Title Title of document Black, White, and Tan: The Rules and Rituals of a Jim Crow-Era ‘Spook Breakfast’ in Kansas City, Missouri, 1935–1939 - Food Rules and Rituals
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Andrea Broomfield; Johnson County Community College;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Food History
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) food rules; food rituals; Thomas J. Pendergast; Kansas City; musicians and food; Reno Club; Old Kentucky Barbecue
 
5. Subject Subject classification food history
 
6. Description Abstract Kansas City is famous for barbecue and jazz--and ‘Boss’ Thomas J. Pendergast, whose machine politics controlled Kansas City from 1925 to 1939. Under certain conditions, Pendergast’s reign allowed for the unthinkable in an era of strict racial segregation: covert interactions between blacks and whites in public dining spaces, particularly during spook breakfast parties that happened after musicians wound up their all-night jam sessions. When the horns stopped blowing and the drums stopped beating, musicians and their fans sat down to copious amounts of food and alcohol. This paper examines the rules and rituals of these parties as they unfolded at the Reno Club near the northeast corner of Twelfth and Cherry on downtown’s edge, and at Old Kentucky Barbecue at Nineteenth and Vine in the heart of the black commercial district. Mixed-race interaction at these venues helped set in motion the forces that ultimately toppled segregation in Kansas City eateries.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 01-Jul-2024
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/46048
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.46048
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Food Rules and Rituals
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd