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illegal gambling  

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  • Illegal, but socially accepted, betting on games in urban African American communities, particularly in the early and mid-1900s. Before the twentieth century, gambling was a common form of entertainment in many communities across America, among African Americans as well as other groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Gambling, Illegal]

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