1964 New York World's Fair

===Bourbon Street Pavilion===
[[File:Bourbon Street.jpg|thumb|upright|Bourbon Street Pavilion]]
[[Louisiana]] had a pavilion called "Louisiana's Bourbon Street" (later renamed to just "[[Bourbon Street]]"), which was inspired by [[New Orleans]]' [[French Quarter]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Nywf64.com |title=Bourbon Street&nbsp;... at nywf64.com |url=http://www.nywf64.com/boustr01.shtml |access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> It started off with financial trouble, not being able to complete its construction and subsequently filing for bankruptcy. A private company, called Pavilion Property, bought up the assets and assumed its debts. This prompted [[List of Governors of Louisiana|Louisiana Governor]] [[John McKeithen]] to sever all ties and withdraw state's sanction, leaving the pavilion completely to private enterprise.

Special media attention was given to a racially integrated [[minstrel show]] that was intended to be a satirical anti-bigotry review,{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} called "America, Be Seated", and produced by [[Mike Todd, Jr.|Mike Todd Jr.]] During the opening of the fair, several civil rights protests were staged by members of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|NAACP]], who believed that the "minstrel-style" show was demeaning to [[African-American]]s.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The pavilion included ten theater restaurants, which served a variety of [[Louisiana Creole cuisine|Creole food]], a [[Jazz|Jazz club]] called "Jazzland" which hosted live jazz artists,<ref>
{{cite news |title=Jazz Club at World's Fair |newspaper=Billboard |date=March 21, 1964 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |access-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref> miniature [[New Orleans Mardi Gras|Mardi Gras parades]], a teenage dancing venue, a voodoo shop, and a doll museum. Due to the presence of the various bars, the pavilion was especially popular at night. Notable [[go-go dancer]] [[Candy Johnson]] headlined a show at a venue called "Gay New Orleans Nightclub".

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<ref>{{cite book |author=Lisanti, Tom |title=Drive-In Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties |publisher=Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub |date=March 2003 |pages=40, 270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hwFbcgV_LDgC&pg=PA270 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |isbn=978-0-7864-1575-5}}</ref> Near the closure of the fair, the pavilion was reported to have achieved the highest gross income of any single commercial pavilion at the fair.<ref name="Cotter Young"/>{{rp|77}}

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<ref>{{cite book |title=Jet |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |date=May 28, 1964 |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 |access-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref>

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<ref>{{cite news |title=America Be Seated out of World Fair |newspaper=Washington Afro-American |date=May 12, 1964 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2238&dat=19640512&id=X5YlAAAAIBAJ&pg=4198,1805813 |access-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite news |title=Have You Seen 'America, Be Seated' |newspaper=The Morning Record |date=April 10, 1964 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2512&dat=19640410&id=sKFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2284,4902147 |access-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web |title=Photos of Louisiana/Bourbon Street pavillion |url=http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/louisiana.htm |access-date=June 9, 2012}}</ref>-->