2012.044.316
Negative, Film
Negative. Black and white negative of a print which shows a group of nine African Americans who are seated behind or standing beside a dining table at a Chicken Shack restaurant on Vernor Highway in Detroit. All are dressed up for the dinner. The group includes (seated, left to right): Mary Glover, Earl Cuzzens, Cab Calloway, Marva Louis (wife of Joe Louis), Joe Louis, and unidentified man. Standing (left to right) are: Sonny Wilson (restaurant owner), Gladys Mills, Freddie Guinyard.
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