Barney Josephson
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Barney Josephson was the American founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village, New York's first integrated nightclub. Opening artists in 1938 included Billie Holiday, who first performed the song "Strange Fruit" there.
Cotton Club (125th Street in New York City in December 2013) helped inspire Josephson's Café Society.
Billie Holiday (circa 1947) at the Downbeat club, New York (February 1947) debuted "Strange Fruit" at Café Society in 1939
William Gropper's cover for the first-ever issue of the New Masses
Nellie Lutcher (1950) performed at Café Society
Café Society
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Café Society was a New York City nightclub open from 1938 to 1948 on Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village. It was managed by Barney Josephson.
Al Casey and Eddie Barefield in Café Society