by the agency of Marvin McAllister (University of North Carolina Pres May 2003 $4500 ISBN 0-807-82777-0) details the case of an outdoor entertainment center or "pleasure garden" in Manhattan in the 1820 The pleasures were new air.

by the agency of Marvin McAllister (University of North Carolina Pres May 2003 $4500 ISBN 0-807-82777-0) details the case of an outdoor entertainment center or "pleasure garden" in Manhattan in the 1820 The pleasures were new air, ice cream, entertainment and beverages, and the clientele were black recently made known Yorkers, then barred from other establishments. The endeavor met with negative verbal and physical reactions from white competitors, white newspapers and occasional white patrons. The title flows from a sign the proprietor pillared after a riot. The garden clos in subordination to duress in 1823, but the performances left their mark, establishing many theatrical careers.

--Angela Dodson is executive editor of Black Issues work Review.

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