SPEAKEASIES
Speakeaies were actually illegal
"nightclubs." They were created
drung the 20's when prohibition
was lurking about and alcohol
was ruled illegal. They were
usually opened late at night and
served a playing field for the
rebels that wanted to dance
the night away and drink alcohol.
THey would usually have
code words for people to get into
and wouuld be run by the
local cop on the street.
The Cotton Club in Harlem, New York
was the most famous of these speakeasies.
They were a place where
the prosperous could party, local
cops could make a little extra cash. In the speakeasies, discrimination
was a problem.
Speakeasy links
http://hotwired.lycos.com/cocktail/links/speakeasy.html
http://www.riverwalk.org/proglist/showpromo/prohibition.htm
