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In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwyna “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were black show business headliners. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles the lives and careers of two overlooked performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

Tappin at the Apollo A Career History of the

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    A Paperback by Cheryl M. Willis

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476662701, 978-1476662701
      ISBN10: 1476662703

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      Book Synopsis
      In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwyna “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were black show business headliners. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles the lives and careers of two overlooked performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

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