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Flashback Photos: Historic Auburn Avenue
Auburn Avenue, a hub of Atlanta's black community for decades, is shown in archive photos from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta History Center.
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Crowds gather outside the famed Royal Peacock Club on Auburn Avenue in this photo from the 1960s. Originally named The Top Hat Club, the nightspot opened in 1938 and featured some of the top acts in show business, including Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, B.B. King, the Four Tops, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, The Supremes, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Ike and Tina Turner and Gladys Knight and the Pips. The club, at 186 Auburn Avenue, reopened in 2010 and remains open today. Photo courtesy of Skip Mason Archives. »» SEE MORE FLASHBACK FOTOS FROM THE AJC ARCHIVES.
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