4 – Ruby Helena

Billie and her mother

Billie Holiday, God Bless The Child

Rockaway Beach, Queens, 1940s

Rockaway Beach, Queens, 1940s

Map of Harlem club life

Mezz Mezzrow, saxophone and clarinet player as well as (mostly) dealer extraordinaire

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