¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines genre-Black Comedy ferocious animals like bears and

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Bayard Rustin

¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines genre-Black Comedy ferocious animals like bears andNew York Citys desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz. Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance togetheruntil first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro Cubans hit the scene with