Copy of the ruling in "Patricia Banks vs. Capital Airlines"
date: label: Date
content: February 29, 1960
name: label: Published by
content: State of New York, American, founded 1788
label: Subject of
content: Patricia Banks Edmiston, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: Capital Airlines, American, 1936 - 1961
notes: label: Caption
content: Patricia Banks, a native New Yorker, fought discrimination by filing a lawsuit against Capital Airlines through the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. A graduate of the Grace Downs Air Career School, Banks applied to several airlines companies for a stewardess position, but was repeatedly denied employment. In 1957 she filed a suit against Capital Airlines (which later merged in 1961 with United Airlines), and in 1960 the Commission ruled in her favor and ordered the company to hire her. Banks completed the Capital Airlines stewardess training program that year and became the first African American to work as a flight attendant on a commercial carrier. She resigned a year later in order to pursue her education.
label: Description
content: A paper copy of the ruling filed by the New York State Commission Against Discrimination in "Patricia Banks vs. Capital Airlines", dated February 29, 1960.
label: Description
content: The document consists of four photocopied pages, black ink on white paper, stapled in the upper left corner. The original document had been typewritten with handwritten dates and signatures. The first two pages (a-b) outline Banks's suit, filed for her by the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. The last two pages, 26 and 27 (c-d) outline the courts "Order".
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.50.23a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: legal files
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (each page): 14 × 8 9/16 in. (35.5 × 21.7 cm)