Friday, May 27, 2011

Jazz greats wow crowd, raise funds for beloved Miami Florida community gem - Historic Hampton House

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From South Florida Times
Written by RENEE MICHELLE HARRIS   

"If you closed your eyes last Saturday and imagined that the year was 1960, the venue could very well have been the Hampton House.

The once fabulous haven located in the Brownsville section of Miami featured the likes of Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr. and even Martin Luther King, who is said to have perfected his famous I Have a Dream speech there before delivering it in the nation’s capitol."

See full story at:
http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7225&Itemid=&Itemid=187




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