TOBA (Theatre Owners Booking Association)
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
theatrical booking organization
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gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:TOBA
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gptkbp:activeYears |
1920s
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dissolved |
1930s
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gptkbp:focus |
African American vaudeville performers
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gptkbp:fullName |
Theatre Owners Booking Association
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gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
TOBA (Theatre Owners Booking Association)
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gptkbp:nickname |
Tough on Black Artists
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gptkbp:notablePerformer |
gptkb:Ma_Rainey
gptkb:Ethel_Waters Bessie Smith |
gptkbp:significance |
major circuit for Black performers during segregation
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gptkbp:type |
vaudeville circuit
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gptkbp:venue |
theaters in the southern and midwestern United States
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sherman_H._Dudley
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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