Flappers do the “Charleston” while members of the Jenkins Orphanage Band provide the beat outside the Franklin Street institution circa 1920. In October 1923, the dance garnered national recognition after it was featured in the Broadway revue, Runnin’ Wild, an African American production that highlighted the distinctive steps set to the syncopated rhythms of James P. Johnson’s

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