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Juke joint

Juke joint (also jukejoint, jook house, jook, or juke) is the African-American vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States. A juke joint may also be called a "barrelhouse". Juke joints were the first secular cultural arenas to…

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Urban juke joint

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Juke joint

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related to Further reading · 70
Juke joint → Adadie, American Music, Ann, April, Been Here And Gone, Blues, Blues From The Delta, Blues Highway, Blues Who's Who Da, Boyce, Brunswick, Capo Press, CD, Charles, Cobb, Company, Cover, CS1, Cultural History, Da Capo Press
related to External links · 18
Juke joint → Accessed, American Music, April, Archived, Backroads, Contested Visions, Day, Florida, Joint, Juke Joint Blues, Juke Joint Festival, Jukin' It Out, June, Junior's Juke Joint, New Deal NarrativesJuke Joint, Queens, Retrieved, Wayback MachineRandom House Word
related to Urban juke joint · 14
Juke joint → African-American, Chicago, Florence's, Guralnick, He, In, It, Katrina Hazzard-Gordon, Magic Slim, On, Peter Guralnick, Related, Teardrops, The
related to Legacy · 13
Juke joint → Blues, Clarksdale, Ground Zero, House, Juke, Jukes, Marion Post Wolcott's, Mississippi, Sinners, The, The Color Purple, The Great Debaters, Traditional
related to history · 12
Juke joint → Also, Although, Black, Colored Cafe, Constructed, During, Lone Star, Prohibition, The, These, They, This

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juke joints joint blues music mississippi often also house african dancing isbn black musicians american delta first rural workers people

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sawmillsinstance ofThis practice spread to the work camps0.80text
turpentine campsinstance ofThis practice spread to the work camps0.80text
lumber companies in the early twentieth centuryinstance ofThis practice spread to the work camps0.80text
which built barrel-housesinstance ofThis practice spread to the work camps0.80text
chock-housesinstance ofThis practice spread to the work camps0.80text
the Mississippi Delta where blues is still the mainstayinstance ofis also still operating as of last notice.Juke joints are still a strong part of African American culture in Deep South locations0.80text
although it is now more often featured by disc jockeysinstance ofis also still operating as of last notice.Juke joints are still a strong part of African American culture in Deep South locations0.80text
on jukeboxes than by live bandsinstance ofis also still operating as of last notice.Juke joints are still a strong part of African American culture in Deep South locations0.80text
Juke jointrelated to External linksJuke Joint Blues0.60section
Juke jointrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Juke jointrelated to External linksApril0.60section
Juke jointrelated to External linksWayback MachineRandom House Word0.60section

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