Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area

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act of racial discrimination public accommodations discrimination incident

Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area, making it a central example of racial discrimination in public accommodations challenged in the Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	act of racial discrimination ⓘ public accommodations discrimination incident ⓘ
affectedGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
businessTypeInvolved	family‑owned restaurant ⓘ
challengedBy	United States Attorney General ⓘ
challengedInCase	Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ
challengedUnderLaw	Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
challengedUnderTitle	Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
civilRightsContext	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
constitutionalBasisForRegulation	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution
foundUnlawfulBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central example of restaurant segregation struck down by the Supreme Court ⓘ illustration of how local businesses were subject to federal civil rights law due to interstate commerce connections ⓘ
impact	affirmed federal power to prohibit racial discrimination in restaurants ⓘ reinforced nationwide enforcement of Title II public accommodations provisions ⓘ
involves	Black customers ⓘ Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of applying Title II to a local restaurant ⓘ scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
locationOfDiscrimination	dining area of Ollie’s Barbecue ⓘ
occurredInJurisdiction	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
practice	limiting Black customers to take‑out service ⓘ refusal of table service to Black customers ⓘ
relatedSupremeCourtDecision	Katzenbach v. McClung ⓘ surface form: Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
timePeriod	early 1960s ⓘ
typeOfDiscrimination	racial discrimination ⓘ segregation in public accommodations ⓘ
usedAsExampleIn	Supreme Court jurisprudence on public accommodations ⓘ legal discussions of Commerce Clause authority ⓘ studies of racial segregation in the United States ⓘ

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