The immersive theatrical experience simply titled "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" first premiered in 2018, bringing this nearly lost history to life. After years of hurdles, the production has now ...

A Black school cafeteria worker accepted a $60,000 payment ... children because white teachers allegedly didn’t like “the sound, tone or tenor of her ‘Black voice.’” ...

not to use the cafeteria PA system to make announcements or to reprimand misbehaving lunchroom students because the sound of her Black voice made the white teachers ‘uncomfortable.’" ...