The Birth of the Disco Dance Craze

The Birth of the Disco Dance Craze

Constant Wonder

Disco and the Black Middle Class

Episode: Disco and the Black Middle Class

  • Aug 18, 2021 7:00 pm
  • 25:31 mins

Before Saturday Night Fever and Studio 54, a group of young, black college buddies started The Best of Friends, Inc. and made a deep impression on the disco movement by creating some of the first black-owned clubs in midtown Manhattan. Guest: Noel Hankin, a founder of The Best of Friends, Inc. (TBOF), and author of "After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party"