Draft:Pythian Temple (St. Louis)

  • Comment: The quote suggests the place is notable, but I still don't see a WP:GNG pass here. asilvering (talk) 00:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Pythian Temple, also referred to as Pythian Hall and Pythian Lodge, was at 3137 Pine Street in St. Louis, Missouri. It served as an important jazz hall where dancing took place and notable performers played. It was the "black community's major dance hall throughout the jazz age."[1] It was also the location where the Citizen's Liberty League was organized in 1919.

The Chaffeurs Club was next to it.[2]

Tom Uyeda spoke at the Hall.[3]

Organizing of a bar association for African Americans was planned at the hall.[4] The American Bar Association did not accept African Americans.

References edit

  1. ^ Kenney, William Howland (April 28, 2005). Jazz on the River. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226437330 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Owsley, Dennis (December 28, 2006). City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973. Reedy Press. ISBN 9781933370040 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Fitts, Robert K. (April 1, 2020). Issei Baseball: The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496220899 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Journal of the Missouri Bar". Missouri Bar. December 28, 1989 – via Google Books.
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