‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact

Margaret “China Bee” Parker ran Peoria’s most well-known black brothel. Along with Harold Parker (to whom she was married until 1959), she was known for running a “classier” establishment that catered to any and all of its clientele’s desires. The Parkers were the power couple of Peoria’s black underground and, for a time at least, relatively untouchable by the law.

Date: 12/24/1969

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“‘China Bee’s’ No Jail Record Remains Intact,” Peoria Journal Star, Dec. 24, 1969.

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Harold Parker North Washington Street

Peoria

‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact

Date: 12/24/1969

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1. Boy Wonder of Peoria

An Exceptional Spectacle
–c. 1946–

Harold Parker, Boy Wonder of Peoria
–9/26/1959–

Harold’s Club
–c. 1960–

Fourth Ward
–2/11/1961–

2. Entangled with the Authorities

Waitress Says Parker ‘Sapped’ Her
–7/21/1957–

Harold Parker Resolves His “Cop Trouble”
–9/22/1959–

Harold Parker’s Mug Shot
–1961–

Cop in Closet Sees Bribe
–6/26/1961–

Harold’s Club Liquor License Revoked
–7/21/1961–

Day v. Illinois Liquor Commission
–1/24/1963–

‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact
–12/24/1969–

Peoria

‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact

Date: 12/24/1969

Citation:

Categories:

Tags:

1. Boy Wonder of Peoria

An Exceptional Spectacle –c. 1946–

Harold Parker, Boy Wonder of Peoria –9/26/1959–

Harold’s Club –c. 1960–

Fourth Ward –2/11/1961–

2. Entangled with the Authorities

Waitress Says Parker ‘Sapped’ Her –7/21/1957–

Harold Parker Resolves His “Cop Trouble” –9/22/1959–

Harold Parker’s Mug Shot –1961–

Cop in Closet Sees Bribe –6/26/1961–

Harold’s Club Liquor License Revoked –7/21/1961–

Day v. Illinois Liquor Commission –1/24/1963–

‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact –12/24/1969–

An Exceptional Spectacle
–c. 1946–

Harold Parker, Boy Wonder of Peoria
–9/26/1959–

Harold’s Club
–c. 1960–

Fourth Ward
–2/11/1961–

Waitress Says Parker ‘Sapped’ Her
–7/21/1957–

Harold Parker Resolves His “Cop Trouble”
–9/22/1959–

Harold Parker’s Mug Shot
–1961–

Cop in Closet Sees Bribe
–6/26/1961–

Harold’s Club Liquor License Revoked
–7/21/1961–

Day v. Illinois Liquor Commission
–1/24/1963–

‘China Bee’s’ No-Jail Record Remains Intact
–12/24/1969–