Queer Black History Month Celebrated As 1920's Harlem Drag Ball Is Remembered

Queer Black History Month Celebrated As 1920's Harlem Drag Ball Is Remembered

Rockland Palace, at 155th St. and 8th Ave. in Harlem, overflowed with nearly 8000 attendees on March 6, 1936, for the 68th annual Hamilton Lodge “Odd Fellows” Ball. The grand event, dating back to the 1860s, had not seen such fervor since 1929, drawing guests from Chicago, Atlanta, and Memphis. The ball featured Ed Bonelli’s Lido Society…

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