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| Poolside at the Lord Calvert in the 1950s. Photograph by Sammy Davis Jr. |
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| Newspaper ad for the Lord Calvert Hotel (1955) |
Black entertainers who performed at Miami Beach hotels in the 50's were prohibited from staying at those same hotels.
So they stayed at the Lord Calvert Hotel in Overtown.
from Jet magazine, March 3, 1955
Baltimore Afro-American: Aug. 18, 1951: 2,500 Miamians Open Lord Calvert
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