Tiểu Bang Washington ban đặc quyền cho Câu Lạc Bộ Royal Esquire, một câu lạc bộ tư nhân dành cho đàn ông Mỹ gốc Phi vào ngày 5 tháng Tư, 1948.

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Vào ngày 5 tháng Tư, 1948, Tiểu Bang Washington đã ban đặc quyền cho Câu Lạc Bộ Royal Esquire. Câu lạc bộ này được năm thanh niên trẻ thành lập vì họ không tìm thấy nơi nào ở Seattle để đàn ông da màu đến gặp gỡ xã giao. Họ là Doyle Bonner, Frederick Bowmar, William Childress, Freddie Ray, và Joe West.


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Royal Esquire Club website accessed August 16, 2010 (http://http://www.royalesquiresclub.com/); Mary Henry interview with Marvin Vanderhost, Seattle, Washignton; “Club Will Sponsor Benefit for Somalia,” The Seattle Times, May 19, 1992; “Test Drive on Hi Tech Highway,” The Seattle Times, May 2, 1994; “Royal Esquires Opened its Doors to the Public on Election Night,” The Stranger, November 5, 2008; "Royal Esquire Club Articles of Incorporation, April 5, 1948,” Puget Sound Regional Archives; “Rice Promotes Economic Renaissance,” The Seattle Times, January 15, 1992.


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