"The Fillmore was one of the few neighborhoods in the Bay area where people of color could go for entertainment in the 1940s and 50s, and so many legendary African American musicians performed there for friends and family that the neighborhood was known as the Harlem of the West. The entire neighborhood was a giant multicultural party pulsing with excitement and music: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne Supper Club; Chet Baker and Dexter Gordon...

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(Campaign for a new American): "An Indian immigrant's daughter campaigns to be elected as the first woman of color to the city-council of a working class town that has always been a magnet for immigrants. The town, 38% new immigrant, is still being run by the offspring of last century's immigrants. Win or lose--the new folks on the block will sooner or later take the reins of power and responsibility--or will they?"--Community Supported Film website. (She's...

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