World's Fair Cafe Sued for Jim Crowing Couple Waitress Informs Pair They're Not Wanted
Source: Chicago Defender, 27 May 1933, pg. 4.
Despite letters from the World's Fair officials that there would be no discrimination at concessions at the World's Fair, the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has discovered that the policy of the public restaurants has been to discourage Race patronage.
The first case to come to the notice of the association was that of Leroy Miller and Mrs. A. Miller, who on May 16 sought to eat at the Adobe house on the World's Fair grounds.
After waiting for a long time to be served and noticing that white people all around them were being served, they asked quietly why they were being ignored. The waitress told them that the place did not cater "to Colored people." After making a second demand and being refused service, they took the case to the N.A.A.C.P.
File Suit
Acting upon advice of attorneys, Mr. and Mrs. Miller filed suite against the Adobe house on May 24 through Irvin Mollison and William Temple. The branch officials of Chicago state that if the attitude of the persons in charge of concessions is to be changed that no case of discrimination should go unchallenged. It is the plan of the branch to prosecute every case brought to its attention so that visitors to the World's Fair will know that they have rights which must be respected.
