Buffalo... Who Knew?
Buffalo... Who Knew?
Buffalo Rising
Buffalo’s Historic Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black owned club in the US
38 minutes Posted Dec 12, 2024 at 6:27 pm.
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“Buffalo…Who Knew” that the HIstoric Colored Musicians Club is the only continuously running, all-Black owned club in the US? This historically-significant site was founded in 1917 when the all-white musicians union, Local 43, refused to include African American musicians in the union. A separate union, Buffalo Local 533, was thus formed, making Buffalo the eighth city in the United States with a racially-segregated musicians’ local union.  From there, a close-knit group of its members formed a social club, which still exists today as [...]