Bid whist finds a niche in African-American community.

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | July 12, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Darryl E. Owens

ORLANDO, Fla. _ Just as blacks living under segregation found comfort Sundays in church, many others found community Saturday nights in an orphaned card game that they made their own.

Bid whist, or "Bid" as it is known by the faithful, is a variant of whist, a card game born in England that became popular with the powdered-wig set in Europe and America in the 1800s. Near the turn of the century, whist gave rise to bridge, and whites abandoned whist for its offspring, which they considered more intellectual.

Whist went ...

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