Don't Mess With Minerva Miller - UI Podcast #157
- Author
- Airwave Media Podcast Network
- Published
- Wed 29 Sep 2021
- Episode Link
- https://uselessinformation.org/dont-mess-with-minerva-miller/
In 1911, Mrs. Minerva Miller and two friends went to The Paterson Show in Paterson, NJ to watch a movie. A standard ticket cost 5 cents, but Mrs. Miller was told that she would have to pay 25 cents because she was black. Minerva Miller decided to challenge the theater's racist policy.
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