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Suit of the Central Amusement Company

Collection:: Madam C.J. Walker
Title:: Suit of the Central Amusement Company
Creator:: Sarah Walker
Publisher:: M0399
Date of Original:: 1915
Subject:: Law and legal affairs
Discrimination
Theaters
Civil rights
Location:: United States, Indiana, Marion County, 39.78171, -86.13847
United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
Medium:: manuscripts (documents)
Type:: Text
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: In 1915, Madam C. J. Walker brought a discrimination suit against the Central Amusement Company in Indianapolis for charging her more than the regular admission fee to enter the Isis Theatre. In 1927 the Walker Theatre (now the Madame Walker Theatre Center) was opened as a tribute to her memory.
Local Identifier:: M0399 Box 2 Folder 8
Metadata URL:: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/m0399/id/191
Rights Holder:: For permission to publish or use, contact the Indiana Historical Society Visual References Coordinator.
Contributing Institution:: Indiana Historical Society
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