Don't Mess With Minerva Miller - UI Podcast #157

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.
0:07.0	If you love old movies, Hollywood history
0:09.0	or the Golden Age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.
0:12.0	This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown
0:15.0	from another era and fascinating conversations
0:17.0	with writer-producer Steve Cubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.
0:21.0	So Steve, did Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?
0:25.0	Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.
0:28.0	What?
0:29.0	Don't worry, she's hitting back with an ash tray.
0:31.0	From Beneath the Hollywood Sign, is the gin joint for you.
0:36.0	Hello all, Eric Rivenus with the most notorious podcast here.
0:40.0	Each week, I interview an author or historian
0:43.0	about a historical true crime, tragedy, or disaster.
0:47.0	Subject matter ranges from gun slingers to gilded-age murder,
0:51.0	to gangsters, to fires, to pirates, to wild prison breaks.
0:55.0	My guests spring their incredible knowledge directly to you.
0:59.0	Please subscribe to Most Notorious on your favorite podcast app,
1:03.0	Cheers, and have a safe tomorrow.
1:06.0	This is the Useless Information Podcast.
1:08.0	I am Steve Silverman.
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