Jul
27
2014
Image of the Day: Ella Fitzgerald vs. Pan Am
In 1954, Ella Fitzgerald filed a complaint against Pan American for discrimination. On her way to a concert from Honolulu to Australia, Fitzgerald was barred from a Pan American flight, because she was Black. Below is one page of her complaint. Here’s the transcript.
National Archives (1954)
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