Route 40 Racism Exposed

ID: 123 ~ Source: Baltimore Sun via ProQuest Historical Newspapers ~ Date: July 12, 1961

This file appears in: The Bonnie Brae Diner

This 1961 Baltimore Sun article reported on the racist incidents involving African diplomats along Route 40 in Maryland. These included the incident involving the Bonnie Brae Diner and Adam Malik Sow, Ambassador to Chad.

This file appears in: The Bonnie Brae Diner

The Bonnie Brae Diner

By HCRP staff

The Bonnie Brae diner in Edgewood, Maryland was the site of an incident involving an African diplomat in June 1961.They were made famous by reporting in LIFE magazine. The diner’s owners denied service to the Ambassador from Chad (Adam Malik Sow)…