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Bookmark or Share- What is a speakeasy? Historic and modern day speakeasies explained.A speakeasy, in its strict definition, is a place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold, particularly during the prohibition era. At this time, the manufacture, sale and...
- Speakeasy | Definition, Bar, History, & Facts | BritannicaA speakeasy is a place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold, especially such establishments that existed in the United States during the Prohibition era (1920-33). In more recent years the term has also applied to legal bars that are modeled on historical speakeasies.
- Speakeasies - Prohibition: An Interactive HistorySpeakeasies in Chicago and New York created an underground nightclub culture where jazz fit the mood. Bars that were now illegal needed to transform themselves into music houses, so jazz became the go-to.
- Prohibition: Speakeasies, Loopholes And Politics : NPRPlaylist. During Prohibition, underground speakeasies sprang up in cities across the United States. One estimate says that for every legitimate bar that closed during Prohibition, six...
- The Speakeasies of the 1920s - Prohibition: An Interactive HistoryThe Speakeasies of the 1920s. Courtesy of New York Public Library. This 1927 program for the Cotton Club, New York’s foremost nightclub and speakeasy during Prohibition and many years beyond it, advertised Cab Calloway and his orchestra. The program shows that the club, featuring African-American performers, catered to a wealthy white crowd.
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