Chicago's foremost Black entertainment and motel entrepreneur, Herman Roberts, dies at 97 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Chicago's foremost Black entertainment and motel entrepreneur, Herman Roberts, dies at 97 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

In the late fifties and early sixties Herman Roberts provided entertainment on the Southside of Chicago when top entertainers were not available in all white establishments. He opened a small lounge called the lucky spot on 71stand South Park (King Drive) in 1953 but always knew he would build something bigger. After another year he […]

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