Ellen Armstrong Was Segregated Black America’s Preeminent Magician And Performer



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The act of the only Black woman magician touring during Jim Crow “was fun, full of ‘marvelous, mystifying magic, music and mirth,’ as her advertising posters said, … cautioning that she ‘will not pay for doctor bills if you faint from laughter.’” – The New York Times



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