![]() ![]() A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Doctorow's classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings.įrom the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. Stir up a cocktail and join us for Virtual Happy Hour on Zoom on Friday, August 21st at 5 pm CST with Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Willliams as we talk about Alice's new book, Black Bottom Saints. Register to attend by emailing Cocktail recipe sponsored by Saint Leo.Īn enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. ![]()
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