This article was published in "The Crisis," which was (is?the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and was founded in 1910. More abot the magazine here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crisis The article has so much good stuff in it, that I really don't know where to start in writig about it. So I'm posting the link for you to all have a chance to read it. http://books.google.com/books?id=9l...AGAZINES&cd=7#v=onepage&q=swing dance&f=false Funny thing is, I found it with a query for "swing."
Thanks for sharing, but could you post it here again to revive this thread, too: http://www.dance-forums.com/threads/ballrooms-place-in-society.1403/