Segregation not only affected the political and educational lives of African-Americans. Entertainment was also segregated. Some of the public dance halls were closed to African-Americans; others would prohibit them from dancing. Traveling bands would sometimes play separate performances for African-Americans.
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Photo credit: Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. The Utah's African-American Voices archival photo gallery is an online adaption of the Utah Humanities Council's "Blacks in Utah History" project, created by Gary B. Peterson.