Contrasting Gleason's with Problems at a White Club ID: 6522 | This file appears in: Gleason's Musical Bar To listen to this audio please consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 audio To demonstrate how Gleason's was a safe haven for black musicians, George Hendricks recalls when he and Lou Ragland played in an all-black club that was warned not to mingle with white patrons, especially women, when they played at the Can-Can on West 25th Street. Police stopped and questioned the band almost every night as they tried to make their way home from the club. | Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection Download Original File SourceCleveland Regional Oral History CollectionRelation“George Hendricks Interview, 24 October 2013,” Cleveland Voices, clevelandvoices.org/items/show/1919 "Contrasting Gleason's with Problems at a White Club" appears in: Gleason's Musical Bar