In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, author Ed Maliskas stands outside a dilapidated dance hall in Dargan, Md., that hosted dozens of black performers including James Brown, Ray Charles, Etta James and Otis Redding during the racially segregated 1950s and early '60s. The structure stands on the same property as the house where abolitionist John Brown launched his 1859 seizure of a federal armory in nearby Harpers Ferry, W.Va. "I think it should be considered the No. 1 black history site in the United States," said Maliskas. author of a self-published volume about the property. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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