"THERE ARE NO NEGRO WAITERS AT CIRO'S" JIM CROWN ERA CIVIL RIGHTS FLYER.
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Winning Bid:
$118.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
8.5x11" w/"Labor Donated" at lower left and issued by "Citizens Committee For Fair Employment." Pencil notation at top left notes "1960." Text reads in part "The Jim Crow Setup Has Applied To Waiters In Most Of The Restaurants And Hotels In Los Angeles, For Many Years" noting managements interest in hiring African American entertainers "Such As Dinah Washington, In Order To Attract A Large Negro Clientele. And Yet, They Would Deny An Equal Opportunity For Employment To These Same People" and calling for a boycott of the Sunset Strip night club. Two vertical and one horizontal folds. Otherwise light age toning. VF. Rare.
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