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Mardi Gras Krewe sued over discrimination

Rick Outzen August 29, 2008

From the Mobile Press Register:

On May 31, Naomi Williams walked away from the Fairhope Veterans of Foreign Wars post “demoralized” and “humiliated” after a Le Crewe De Spaniards representative told her she couldn’t attend the Mardi Gras society’s toga party because she was black, according to Williams and her lawsuit.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”