Gamble, Kathryn News Story about Prejudice and Dancing in High School, Young at Heart, c. 1998
Entry/Object ID
P9999.BHF.691
Description
Gamble, Kathryn News Story about Prejudice and Dancing in High School, Young at Heart, c. 1998. Digital image of news story in St. Joseph News Press Young at Heart section, undated but others by Gamble were from 1998.
Headline: Racial prejudice loomed big in her school years.
Gamble tells the story about how whites and blacks in Elwood, Kansas socialized separately, although in high school they attended the same school. After school one day, a group of white students asked Kathryn to show them how to jitterbug. She found Otis Hayes in the hall and got him to dance with her to the piano music of Thelma Williams. They also demonstrated the chicken, trucking, huckle buck. They didn't get in trouble, but the news was about town about their dancing. Usually, Kathryn danced at the all black Casa Loma.
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Collection
Black Archives
Made/Created
Date made
1998
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Dance
Search Terms
Jitterbug, Huckle Buck, Black History, Casa Loma, Black Dance Clubs, Elwood, Kansas Schools, Racial Prejudice
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Digital Image
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Digital Image Only
Condition
Overall Condition
Not Rated
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jun 22, 2013
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Kathryn Gamble
Person or Organization
Hayes, Otis
Person or Organization
Williams, Thelma
Provenance
Notes
Digital Images from photos loaned from members of Black Archives for scanning only
