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September 14, 2008
Carl Maxey
KIW's favourite creature is currently ensconced in a fancy hotel in Spokane Washington. We hope to free her soon.
Meanwhile we came across a story about a fellow named Mr. Carl Maxey, who was Spokane's first black attorney - but in 1950 was refused a room in Spokane's swanky Davenport Hotel.
A boxer, a scholarship athlete, and a litigator, Mr. Maxey was at the forefront of the hard-fought civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s. He was one of Washington States' brightest lights. He died by suicide in 1997.
Seattle Times, 14 September, 2008; NW Arts&Life p. 15; 'A local catalyst for civil rights'
Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life by Jim Kershner, University of Washington Press, 264 pages; 2008
Posted by williamfrick at September 14, 2008 6:47 PM