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The African Room
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The African Room

May 1, 2015 Faye Anderson

SCOOP USA Publisher Sonny Driver, owner of the First Nighter, says he first saw Miles Davis at this West Philly jazz spot owned by Tubby Northington.

Like a lot of black entrepreneurs, Northington raised money for the Civil Rights Movement.

The African Room Collage

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