Mitzi & Mencken
- Video
- 2008
- 14m
In 1948, 17-year old Mitzi Swan participated in an interracial tennis match to protest the segregationist policies of Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. Mitzi, and other participants in the tennis... Read allIn 1948, 17-year old Mitzi Swan participated in an interracial tennis match to protest the segregationist policies of Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. Mitzi, and other participants in the tennis match, were arrested for violating "park policy." By coincidence the arrest and trial of ... Read allIn 1948, 17-year old Mitzi Swan participated in an interracial tennis match to protest the segregationist policies of Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. Mitzi, and other participants in the tennis match, were arrested for violating "park policy." By coincidence the arrest and trial of the tennis players became the subject of H. L. Mencken's last article for The Baltimore Su... Read all