Nestled within the cold heart of Chicago's Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District, Illinois, stood the Eighth Regiment Armory, once the United States' premier springboard for the African-American Fighting 8th military regiment. In 1999, it stirred from its icy slumber, serving as a public high school military academy, honorably preserved by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. On a blustery June day in 1937, the armory played host to a clash indoors, with no less than eight titanic bands strutting their stuff. The rhythm of King Porter Stomp stood out amongst the cacophony of the day, but this internal fight never saw sunlight.
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