- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- Civil Rights - The Case of John Drees
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1873-05-09
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Article describing the Civil Rights case against John Drees, a Little Rock bartender.
Civil Rights -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Little Rock
CIVIL RIGHTS The Case of John Drees-- Decision of Justice Glassick Mr. F. Glassick justice of the peace at Argenta, before whom Mr. John Drees of the city was brought on a charge of violating the civil rights act, discharged defendant, as was mentioned in yester- day's paper. The reasons assigned by the justice for this are thus given: First-- That an absolute refusal did not take place. The testimony went to show that Johannessen and the negro Robin- son went into the saloon and asked for drinks, and a boy who was behind the counter asked them to step to the other side of the ice-box. The justice says it was not shown that there were one or two counters; that Johannessen called for different drinks from that of Robinson, and the justice could not tell whether whisky was sold over one counter and ber over another. They were not asked to go to another room, or out of the room, nor were they refused drinks, and consequently the justice holds that the civil rights act was not violated. Second-- No money was tendered for the drinks, an absolute requisite under the civil rights bill in order to make out the case. For these reasons defendant was dis- charged. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/197
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:197/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Original Collection:
- Arkansas Gazette
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
- Rights:
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Civil Rights - The Case of John Drees
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