Dance at George Washington Carver Club
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The USO clubs regularly held dances as events for the soldiers. Local women who volunteered at the clubs as hostesses to dance with the soldiers often held other jobs but viewed their work for the USO as a patriotic way to maintain their social lives. The band from Fort George Wright playing for the black servicemen would not have been a typical sight, as normally the racial roles would have been inversed.
This file appears in: USO Clubs in Spokane: A Soldiers Home Away From Home
USO Clubs in Spokane: A Soldiers Home Away From Home
As the Second World War raged on soldiers returning home on leave or based in the states needed recreational centers to destress. Black soldiers did not always feel welcome in USO clubs so separate…