The story
Harry Belafonte broke the color line in the hotel's swimming pool in the 1950s, and Jackie Robinson's criticism helped integrate this venue where Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Presidents from FDR to Ford held court.
Everything that was here
- 1933–1972
The Chase Club at Chase Park PlazaNightclub/Hotel
Harry Belafonte broke the color line in the hotel's swimming pool in the 1950s, and Jackie Robinson's criticism helped integrate this venue where Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Presidents from FDR to Ford held…
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