jitterbug
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Notable pieces include William H Johnson’s 1941 screenprint, Jitterbug II, showing a black couple dancing, and Charles McGee’s charcoal drawing from 1965, Mother and Child.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
How will I tell them that my Jitterbug doesn’t have a camera?
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019
It's a look that was wildly popular in the 1920s through the 1950s among the teenage, Jitterbug dancing crowd.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 24, 2018
Despite their love of the Jitterbug and the Charleston, the sisters decided to join the Sisters of St. Benedict in 1944.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2018
"Jitterbug dancing. Verboten. Reading un-German books. Singing un-German songs. Staying out past the ten o'clock curfew. Criticizing Adolf Hitler or the war. Verboten. Verboten. Verboten."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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