theaters Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/theaters/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:21:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-32x32.png theaters Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/theaters/ 32 32 Casey Hayden https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/casey-hayden/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:32:03 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?page_id=2520 “I wanted to do direct action.“ Casey Hayden (she was known then as Sandra Cason) had been instrumental in organizing the Students for Direct Action, based in the University Y near the campus. Her group talked and decided on a creative strategy. They would all go in a group, line up, ask to buy a ticket for themselves and their […]

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]]> Brad Blanton https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/brad-blanton/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 05:39:04 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?page_id=2464 “The people who owned the theater chain in New York were embarrassed, particularly by the demonstration out there talking about the other demonstrations, and about them maintaining segregation. When they integrated all at once is like we certainly were victorious. We integrated 90 to 120 theaters. I can’t remember how many but a lot of theaters it was were suddenly […]

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