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The Ritz and Ashley Street
1929
Jacksonville, Florida
Craig ONeal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ashley Street was the Harlem of the South, and the Ritz its anchor, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles all played the strip. Charles arrived in Jacksonville at fifteen after leaving the school for the blind and learned to arrange for a big band here.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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