Mixed Race Studies
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Tag: Joan Roberta Williams
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Williams passed away on Feb. 20 in Pasadena, at the age of 86, enough time to be denied a rightful ride in the Rose Parade because of her race and decades later to see that wrong righted.
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Racism And Redemption At The Tournament Of Roses Parade Forbes 2014-12-31 Andrew Bender, Business Travel Blogger Joan Williams holds the portrait from 1957, when she was Miss Crown City. On January 1, 2015, after 57 years, she will finally get to ride in the Tournament of Roses Parade. (Photo credit: Savannah Wood) The theme of…
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Woman rides in Rose Bowl parade almost 60 years after being snubbed because of her race The Washington Post 2015-01-01 Diana Reese Overland Park, Kansas Racism “was a fact of life,” Joan Williams says about 1958, the year she was supposed to ride on a city-sponsored float in the Rose Parade of Pasadena. The 27-year-old…
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Joan Williams in Rose Parade after nearly 60 years, but some wonder why she wasn’t in broadcast Pasadena Star-News Pasadena, California 2015-01-01 Christina Gullickson, Reporter Joan Williams, 82, right, rides the theme banner float Inspiring Stories, along Colorado Blvd. during the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on January 1, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/ Pasadena…
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For when word spread that light-complexioned Mrs. Williams was a Negro, fellow employees in the municipal office where she works as an accountant-clerk suddenly stopped speaking to her. Mayor Jeth Miller, who crowned her at the city employees annual picnic, neither participated with her in later civic events nor rode with her in the Tournament…
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In conservative, dignified Pasadena, Calif.,—a city whose traditional reserve is normally broken only once annually by the famed New Year’s Day “Tournament Of Roses”—a tawny-complexioned mother of two broke the tranquility ahead of schedule.
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Woman turned away from 1958 Rose Parade because of race to ride in 2015 parade Eyewitness News, KABC 7 Los Angeles, California 2014-12-27 Leanne Suter, Reporter PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — A woman who was denied the honor of riding in the Rose Parade in 1958 because of her race will finally get her chance in…
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PASADENA >> Nearly 60 years after she was promised a seat on a Rose Parade float, only to have that honor taken away when city officials found out she was African-American, Joan Williams will be seated at the head of the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day as it cruises down Colorado Boulevard.