![]() ![]() ![]() Ziggy is also the founder and dean of the Ziggy Johnson School of Theater. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Get an autographed “Black Bottom Saints Playing Card,” which celebrates Detroit’s Black culture and History, with every order.įrom the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph "Ziggy" Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. Doctorow’s classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James’ Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings. ![]() An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit’s legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. ![]()
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