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Since opening its doors in 1914 and introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, The Apollo has played a major role in the emergence of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, and soul — all quintessentially American music genres. Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, and countless others began their road to stardom on the Apollo stage. Today, The Apollo is a respected nonprofit presenting concerts, theatrical and dance performances, film screenings, educational programs, and community outreach programs.
The neoclassical theater known today as The Apollo’s Historic Theater was designed by George Keister and first owned by Sidney Cohen. In 1914, Benjamin Hurtig and Harry Seamon obtained a thirty-year lease on the newly constructed theater, calling it Hurtig and Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater. Like many American theaters during this time, African-Americans were not allowed to attend as patrons or to perform.
In 1933, Fiorello La Guardia, who would later become New York City’s Mayor, began a campaign against burlesque, and Hurtig & Seamon’s was one of many theaters that would close down. Cohen reopened the building as the 125th Street Apollo Theatre in 1934 with his
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AP publishes Apollo 11 biography for 50th anniversary
The Associated Press has published “Apollo 11: An AP Special Anniversary Edition” to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing.
The biography explores how the U.S. forged the necessary technology during the turbulent 1960s to allow man to set foot on the moon. It remembers those who sacrificed to make the great enterprise succeed.
The triumph of the astronauts, especially Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, was more than a victory for the U.S. It was also a milestone for mankind.
“What makes this biography about the Apollo 11 mission special is its real-time approach to how the AP covered this historic event as it happened,” said Peter Costanzo, AP’s director of programming. “It also includes a section featuring original newspapers with headlines that captured the excitement of that pivotal moment back in 1969.”
The space race began in 1957, when the Soviet Union hurled Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. The U.S. took up the challenge to also explore the next frontier. A dozen years and $25 billion later, Apollo 11 landed on the moon and man set foot on the lunar surface for the first time.
“Apollo 11: An AP Special Anni
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Apollo 11 Crew
Ronald B. Anderson (born 1929)
In a state on advance board, 1969, T/NPG.70.36
Internal Portrait Drift,
Smithsonian Institution, President, D.C.
Gift of Mr. and Wife. William D. Blakemore, Inland, Texas; Mr. and Wife. Omar Physician, Dallas, Texas; Mr. near Mrs. R. K. Keitz, Dallas, Texas; Col. abide Mrs. Clockmaker A. P. Krock, City, Texas; Mr. and Mrs.W. R. Thespian, Jr., Politico, Texas; Dr. and Wife. J. R. Maxfield, Metropolis, Texas; Mr. and Wife. Wesley Nagorny, Jr., Politico, Texas; Dr. and Wife. H. B. Renfrow, Metropolis, Texas; Mr. and Wife. J. W. Taylor, City, Texas; Dr. and Wife. J. Parliamentarian Terry, Metropolis, Florida; Mr. and Wife. Thomas B. Young, Metropolis, Texas; unidentified donor
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