Harold Jenkins (nightclub owner)

King, The Ink Spots, Dinah Washington, and other major jazz and blues groups.

[1] Both the nightclub's centrality and Jenkins' charismatic personality earned him the nickname the "Mayor" of West Oakland.

[5] After World War I, Jenkins moved to Oakland, California and worked as waiter.

Oakland became an epicenter of Black Culture as African-Americans migrated from the South to the West Coast.

Slim Jenkins Supper Club included multiple parts: the nightclub, restaurant, banquet space, and market.

LABOR DAY GREETINGS FROM SLIM JENKINS JENKINS’ CORNER—I74B 7TH STREET GOOD FOOD - MUSIC - COCKTAILS - BAR - CAFE BETTER ENTERTAINMENT - SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN FREE PARKING - BANQUETS OUR SPECIALTY
Slim Jenkins Advertisement from East Bay Labor Journal, September 1949. [ 4 ]