Letter from Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr., Attorney to Mr. Wade H. Sides, Jr.

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor	Sugarmon, Russell B., Jr.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-17T14:58:55Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-09-17T14:58:55Z	-
dc.date.issued	1962-11-24	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10267/34170	-
dc.description	A letter from Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr. and A. W. Willis, Jr. to Wade H. Sides, Jr. On November 14, 1962, Sugarmon, Willis, and their wives were refused admission to a production of "Gypsy" at the Front Street Theatre; they had been encouraged to buy season tickets because the Theatre had adopted a new policy of non-discrimination. Sides and Attorney Hunter Lane met with the two men and explained that the policy was reversed because admitting blacks had diminished ticket sales. The letter calls for a full vote of the theatre's board of governors and chastises well-educated Memphians for practicing discrimination at a time when blacks are accepted at wrestling matches and jazz events without incident.	-
dc.subject	Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations	-
dc.subject	Integration	-
dc.subject	Theatre	-
dc.subject	Segregation	-
dc.subject	Letter	-
dc.subject	Sugarmon, Russell B., Jr.	-
dc.subject	Willis, A. W., 1925-1988	-
dc.title	Letter from Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr., Attorney to Mr. Wade H. Sides, Jr.	-
dc.type	Text	-
dc.identifier.rhodes	19621124_Letter_from_Russell_Sugarmon_to_Wade_Sides_695	-
Appears in Collections:	Russell B. Sugarmon Collection

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