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T.O.B.A. Time Paul T. Costa Jr. The news increasingly includes storiesBlack vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T. O. B. A. stood for "tough on black artists." But the Theater Owner's Booking Association (T. O. B. A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie. Michelle R. Scott's institutional history details T. O. B.