John Lennon

Item

Title

John Lennon

Description

John Lennon of the Beatles during a press conference at the George Washington Hotel in Jacksonville.

The band did not book rooms at the George Washington Hotel in protest of the hotel's segregation policy. Furthermore, they had refused to perform at the Gator Bowl until they were assured that the audience would not be segregated by race at the concert.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

1964-09-11

File name

DG01661
Image URL: /fpc/dg/DG01661.jpg
Item URL: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/269427

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

Florida Memory: State Library and Archives of Florida

Source

Florida Memory, Digital collection

Subject

John Lennon
Beatles
Hotel George Washington

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