Atlantic City: Club Harlem

By W. D. Palmer

Club Harlem is an exciting anecdote about the historic night club of the same name, once a mid-20th century epicenter of African-American entertainment in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Founded in 1935 by brothers Leroy “Pop” and Cliff Williams, Club Harlem was a retreat from racial discrimination and segregation in the city, a home for African-American musicians, artists, and comedians to display their craft in front of an inclusive community. Its most elaborate production was a revue called Smart Affairs by Larry Steele, which brought dozens of the greatest performers from around the country to the premiere stage of black nightlife that was Club Harlem. This book details the context in which the Club was established, the community it influenced, and the many talented artists it fostered. It also highlights the many other African-American businesses, clubs, and services that thrived in the city before Club Harlem’s eventual downfall.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728348445

W. D. Palmer

Walter. D. Palmer is the founder and director of the W.D. Palmer Foundation (est. 1955), a repository of information-gathering on racism in health, education, employment, housing, courts, prisons, higher education, military, government, politics, law, banking, insurance, and more. He is also the founder of the Black People’s University of Philadelphia (1955) Freedom School, which was the grassroots organizing and training center for grassroots community and political leadership both in Philadelphia and nationally. These organizations were run as nonprofit unincorporated associations from 1955 until 1980, when the W.D. Palmer Foundation received its 501(c)(3) federal tax exemption status. W.D. Palmer has also been a professor, teaching American Racism at the University of Pennsylvania since the 1960s and today he is a member of the President’s Commission on 1619, the 400-year anniversary of African slavery in America. Professor Palmer has been a social activist leading the fight against racial injustice for over 70 years in Philadelphia and around the nation. In 2018, Philadelphia honored him for the organizing work he did to reform the Philadelphia school system in 1967.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/20/2020

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CONTENTS

Walter D Palmer Leadership School

My Relationship To Atlantic City Club Harlem

Atlantic City

By A.S. Doc Young

Club Harlem Entertainers Gallery

Special Thanks

In Memoriam

Public Appeal

W.D. Palmer Educational Biography

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WALTER D PALMER LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

Currently W. D. Palmer is the founder and director of the W. D. Palmer Foundation (est. 1955), a repository of information on racism in health, education, employment, housing, courts, prisons, higher education, military, government, politics, law, banking, insurance, etc. He is also the founder of the Black People’s University of Philadelphia (1955) Freedom School, which was the grassroots organizing and training center for grassroots community and political leadership in Philadelphia and nationally. These organizations were run as nonprofit unincorporated associations from 1955 until 1980 when the Palmer Foundation received its 501(c)(3) federal tax exemption status.

W. D. Palmer has also been a professor, teaching American Racism at the University of Pennsylvania since the 1960’s and today he is a member of the Presidents Commission on 1619 400-year anniversary of African slavery in America. Professor Palmer has been a social activist leading the fight against racial injustice for over sixty years in Philadelphia and around the nation. In 2020, Philadelphia honored him for 60 years of fighting for social justice throughout the country. In 1980, he led the fight for parental school choice which helped governor Thomas Ridge get a law passed in 1997. In 2000 he created the