Ella Fitzgerald jailed in 1955 for singing to an integrated audience.

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image showing Ella Fitzgerald jailed in 1955 for singing to an integrated audience.

Slartibartfast39 on January 19th, 2021 at 09:51 UTC »

If you're going to go to jail make sure it's for a damn good reason. This is one.

grpagrati on January 19th, 2021 at 10:10 UTC »

It's crazy how recently this was

Syntaximus on January 19th, 2021 at 12:03 UTC »

Interesting read on the event. The cops apparently planned to make an arrest any way they could. When planting drugs allegedly failed, they took them in for gambling. They paid their fines and went right back to the club to finish their set.