Ollie's BBQ Desegregation Case
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member TKDenizen
N 33° 29.697 W 086° 49.143
16S E 516808 N 3706173
Founded in 1927, Ollie's refused to desegregate the restaurant in spite of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Waymark Code: WM5Q16
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member PTCrazy
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The case went all the way to the Supreme Court. It was based on the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution and because the ribs were coming from Arkansas, Ollie's was interfering with interstate commerce regardless of the scale. Ollie's lost the case and Civil Rights won out.

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