The story
New York's first racially integrated nightclub, where Billie Holiday first sang 'Strange Fruit.'
Everything that was here
- 1938–1950
Café SocietyMusic Venue
New York's first racially integrated nightclub, where Billie Holiday first sang 'Strange Fruit.'
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