In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, debris sits outside a dilapidated dance hall in Dargan, Md. Built by an African-American fraternal organization, the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World — also known as the Black Elks — who bought the property in 1950 for a retreat memorializing abolitionist John Brown.  While the farmhouse is a national historic landmark, the dance hall, which hosted dozens of black musicians including James Brown, Ray Charles and Chubby Checker on the so-called Chitlin' Circuit before white audiences embraced rhythm-and-blues and soul music, is in disrepair. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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