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Juke joint         
  • Dancing at a juke joint outside [[Clarksdale, Mississippi]], in 1939
  • Label of 78-rpm gramophone record of "[[Livery Stable Blues]] – Fox Trot" (1917)
VERNACULAR TERM FOR AN INFORMAL ESTABLISHMENT FEATURING MUSIC, DANCING, GAMBLING, AND DRINKING, PRIMARILY OPERATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Jook joint; Juke-joint; Jukejoint; Jookjoint; Jook-joint; Juke joints; Juke Joint
Juke joint (also Jook, Jook House, jukejoint, jook joint, or juke) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States. A juke joint may also be called a "barrelhouse".
Juke Joint (film)         
1947 FILM BY SPENCER WILLIAMS
Juke Joint (1947 film)
Juke Joint is a 1947 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams and produced and released by Sack Amusement Enterprises. The film was considered lost until being rediscovered.
Joint session         
SESSION WHEN TWO (OR MORE) NORMALLY SEPARATE DELIBERATIVE BODIES MEET FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
Joint convention; Joint sitting
A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally separate decision-making groups meet, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose.