Cotton Club distributes food to families in need
- Title of event
- Cotton Club distributes food to families in need
- Type of event
- Unknown
- Address of event
- Cotton Club distributes food to families in need Happened Entirely at 644, Lenox Ave
- Report on event
- Cotton Club distributes food to families in need Primary event referenced by Hundreds Cheered by Christmas Donations
- Start date / time
- December 25, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Morning)
- Description
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"Following a long established tradition, the Cotton Club distributed 2,000 baskets of food Christmas morning among families in need. A long line of people arrived in front of the famous night club... Money for this purpose was raised at a monster benefit dance and entertainment at Rockland Plaza."