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30 de abr. de 2024 · Ada “Bricktop” Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders with the likes of Langston Hughes, Salvador Dalí and Gertrude Stein. Ada "Bricktop" Smith's clubs...
2 de may. de 2024 · Meet the Black Southern Socialite Who Ran 1920s Paris. Born in West Virginia, Ada “Bricktop” Smith taught Paris to do the Charleston. A new Smithsonian exhibition shines a light on her and other influential women of the Lost Generation.
7 de may. de 2024 · Singer Ada “Bricktop” Smith left the Jim Crow South and spent decades at the center of artistic and intellectual expat life in Paris, Mexico City, and Rome. Black and white visitors found an atmosphere at her nightclubs unlike anything in the States.
Hace 4 días · Ada “ Bricktop ” Smith (1894-1984) was also a woman in charge. Born in West Virginia to mixed race parents, Bricktop spent much of her youth in Chicago, where she became enamored with saloon life and performing cabaret. In her thirties, she moved to Paris and eventually began operating the clubs where she performed.
30 de abr. de 2024 · At Her Globe-Spanning Nightclubs, This Black Entertainer Hosted a 'Who’s Who' of the 20th Century. Ada "Bricktop" Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders...
7 de may. de 2024 · Peggram checked into the first of a series of hotels on the Left Bank. He did not stay in the Montmartre section of Paris, where many Black American expatriates resided, and makes no mention of attending jazz clubs—the legendary Chez Bricktop, managed by Ada “Bricktop” Smith, was still operating when Peggram arrived in Paris.
Hace 6 días · In June 1932, she journeyed to Paris with her friend the Dahomean anti-colonialist Prince Kojo Touvalou Houénou and interviewed black artists and intellectuals including Guadeloupean Gratien Candace, the Martinican Paulette Nardal, African American Ada Bricktop Smith and Sudanese Habib Benglia.
