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ID: 5336 ~ Source: www.hippostcard.com ~ Creator: blocher900
This file appears in: No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Head

A postcard of the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington in 1939 approximately six years before the Sammy Davis Jr. incident.

This file appears in: No Vacancy, Racial Bigotry Raises Its Ugly Head

By Leanne Allen
Before the Civil Right Movements in the 1960s, Jim Crow was the law of the land. Spokane was not exempt from racial segregation. Black Spokanites were restricted to the few restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels that were willing to serve them. Even…