Stanley Theatre Manager Held on $300 Bail

Stanley Theatre Manager Held on $300 Bail

Stanley Theater, William Lafferty, I. Maximilian Martin Jr., George Evans Jr., N.A.A.C.P., Stanton Theater Company, Philadelphia, 16th Street, Market Street

I. Maximilian Martin Jr. brought suit against the theatre manager for the Stanley Theatre in Philadelphia on the corner of 16th Street and Market Street. Martin Jr. had the manager arrested and held in jail for forcing Martin Jr, and George Evans Jr. to sit in the gallery. Eventually the N.A.A.C.P.'s involvement in the case pushed the Stanton Theatre Company to desegregate all their Philadelphia theatres.

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

April 20, 1933

John Hashagen, Kelsee Noden

Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community.

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