An interesting exchange of ideas (from 1998) on the subject of Blacks and Swing, and why so few dance it today. There is a more recent Google thread I started earilier this year here: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.dance/browse_frm/thread/9986f7ef558fa8ff/79016c5cd06a3852?lnk=st&q=blacks+in+swing&rnum=1&hl=en#79016c5cd06a3852