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Locations (Victory Grill (Historic Music Venue (Bobby bland (Clarence…
Locations
Victory Grill
Historic Music Venue
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Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Chuck Berry and Janis Joplin were some of the artists who graced the stage.
The Victory Grill closed for a period of time after October 10, 1988, when it suffered major damage from a fire that spread from an adjoining vacant building.
Fundraisers and movement to get victory grill back.Finally, in 1995, R.V. Adams, a friend of Holmes began restoration efforts and the club re-opened in 1996.
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, archived by the Texas Historical Commission
Located at 1104 East Eleventh Street on the edge of Austin’s “Eastside,” the Victory Grill, with a capacity of approximately 250 people
Victory Grill’s black patrons, a steady stream of curious white Austinites, soldiers from nearby Fort Hood, local college students, and music lovers of all races packed the club each weekend.
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Chitlin' Circuit
collection of performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the United States that provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers during the era of racial segregation in the United States
Also with desegregation, the Chitlin' Circuit ceased to exist, as acts that were once confined to the Victory could now play many other venues :(
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Johnny Holmes(Founder)
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Holmes leased the Victory Grill out in 1952, while he traveled to West Texas and then Alaska. When he returned in 1965, he was shocked at how much the area had declined. Integration had allowed affluent blacks to move to the suburbs
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12th and Chicon area
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Based off of the KUT interview we know that the neighborhood was a lot different in the 80s then it is now. Before it was seen by the west side of Austin and a place not to go. Police would target the people in the east side as opposed to their white counterparts in the westside. We know that Now do to gentrification people are starting to populate the are. Mom and pop business and well ads minority owned business are being pushed out or are already pushed out of the area. Locals Matt and Andreas stated that people with money thought "we need to fix this" and decided to take over the area to "fix" it . When really the area needs funding for schools, grants for local business, and a different approach to helping the community.
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Sweet Home Baptist Missionary Church
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