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We seem to be doing okay in these rough times, we can stillgo out, do things and have

fun. I luckily still have my job

in the factory but the pay has been cut because of the stock

market crash. With the current economic status, the rise of Hitler, and Mussolinithe whole

world seems to be falling apart. A nation that once surpassed others in culture and economics
has fallen

into a pit with the rest of them. A new type of music has infected the entire country

and they call it "swin

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call the

"jitterbugl'. lt started with a few songs and then exploded. My daughter has been infected
with this music and goes to many ballrooms with her friends. She finally convinced me to listen

to "Let's Dance" by Benny Goodman, I liked it, and it opened up the door to some new things.
After acquiring some basic dance skills I went to the dance floor. l'm glad that there are very
famous musicians representing Jewish-Americans across the world.
May gth 1938

went to the club and I noticed that anyone who was black had to Iet everyone else in

first before themselves and when the club filled up they had to go home even though they had

tickets. lt's

sick

that people treat others as inferior just because of their skin, even though

without their culture we wouldn't have this music. But the club was great and I now
understand why young people Iove this so much. lt keeps our spirits high, helps keep peopl

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Today I was thiaking about how lucky I am. During this time, it would be very difficult

for a black-Americao to get by. Yet, I am lucky enough to be in the middle-class and the owner
of "DG's Black and Tan" club, and to be making a decent amount of cash. It really frustrates me

that since I am a black man, I make

less money, a twenty-three year old white man in my shoes

would be wealthy.
Despite the income, I roally do love my job. I love hearing the music, watching people
dance and dancing myself. Since my club is a black and tan club,

I love upbeat people coming

together and ignoring the cruelty of segregation in the world for at least a couple hours. It's
amazing when people cao come together and have a good time listening to the best live music
around and dance their hearts out. My favorite thing is the dance competitions. lVatching &em
brightens my mood, but competing gives me anunexplainable amount ofjoy.

I met my wife at the club during

1936,I was preparing to compete in

a dance

competition. It was last year, on August 4th,

major dance competition. During my dance preperatiorl

my dance parher, Jean and I were practicing one last time and Jean slipped fell and got badly
hurt. Yes, I felt terrible for Jean, but I had been practicing for po long and was dying to compete.
I proceeded to yell out and ask anyone in the audience if they would be my new parhrer. Then,
my wife, Carol stepped up before I had a chance to ask again. I was mesmerized by her beauty,
but was still skeptical since I was in it to win it. I had no other choice but to accept the volunteer.

I held out my hand and

she took

it can came over to me with

even had a chance to get any words besides

big smile on her face. Before we

'hello', the audience cheered

as Benny Goodman

and his band came out onto the stage. The music began to play, so

I quickly put

a number

on

Carol, took her hand and led her to the dance floor with the other corrpetitors. I felt as the rnusic
went through me and I could tell it was effecting Carol in the same way. We let the music control
our dancing, and had the time of our lives. We were so caught up in the liveliness of the dgbt"
we left togetherwithouteven finding out who won.

()verall, sometimes thin&s get rough, but I stay optimistic. I knour I am a lucky guy. I am
happily married, I am not in poverff like rnany other black- Americans, and I eqioy my job.
Also, music has always been something to help me and many others get by" Music ruly speaks
to me and can lighten up even &e darkest of days. So, I really can't complain.

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Today, on my fortieth birthday, I attended the performance of Benny Goodman and his
band at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles. The music during the second half of the show (the

first half was standard arrangements) was quite invigorating, especially to the youth, who were
dancing like l've never witnessed. Until this night, I did not know that music had the capability

to create such energy in so many people. People my age, and even some older, are catching on
to this musical craze that was previously thought by those same people to be "uncivilized". I am
not the type to dance, but on this night I encountered a beautiful woman who seemed to be
upset about being unable to enter the show. I decided to give her the ticket that I was holding

for another woman (who never turned up) and after some time, I invited her to dance. To the
tune of 'Sing Sing Sing', we shared a dance I shall never forget. I am happy I was able to afford
attending this performance, as being lower middle class during this economic depression does
not allow for much of my income to be spent on entertainment. My current employment is
bartending at a so called "black and tan club" where black and white Americans can mingle
freely. Unlike my family and many other white people, I respect the black community
(especially the musicians) and would like to see society treat them equally, by eliminating
segregation for a start, although I fear society's discriminatory ways shall last for a while.
Speaking of the black community, my first exposure

to

jazz was

not at the palomar with

Goodman, but hearing various black musicians play at speakeasies in the early years of the

prohibition. Here I developed an appreciation for the culture and music of the black
community, especially artists such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. While I do greatly

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enjoytfte rmrsicof wlrite jazz musicians like Benny Goodman or Paul Whiteman, t muit say that
society dOes not give enough credit to the black musicians who created the music.

Signed,

Peter Samuel

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