Winkler v. State
194 Md. 1 (1949)
Note: Writ of Certiorari denied by United States Supreme Court, Winkler, et al. v.
Maryland, 339 U.S. 919 (1950)
"Tennis,
Everyone?" The Sun, 24 April 2003.
COURT OF APPEALS CASE MATERIALS:
COURT
OF APPEALS (Briefs) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA T 2088,
1/65/5/27]
COURT
OF APPEALS (Transcripts) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 434,
1/67/11/32]
COURT
OF APPEALS (Miscellaneous Papers) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA
S 397, 1/65/8/17]
COURT
OF APPEALS (Opinions) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No. 25 [MSA S 393,
1/66/6/17]
COURT
OF APPEALS (U.S. Supreme Court Appeals) Winkler, et al. v. State, October 1949 No.
25 [MSA S 450, 1/66/7/35]
BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT MATERIALS:
BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT
(Criminal
Docket)
1948/05-1948/08, pps. 191-194 [MSA C 1849-163, 3/30/5/18]
BALTIMORE
CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Papers) May 1948 Term, Box 489 Indictment nos.
3069-3089 [MSA T 495-493, HF/3/27/73]
Note: Large file
Smith
Act Protest poster
Note: No reference to this case found in the finding aid for BALTIMORE CITY
CRIMINAL COURT (Transcripts) MSA T 496. This may be because transcripts were found
at the appellate level.
Attorney General case file no. 6870-1949; unable to locate in finding aid to Case Files.
Other Baltimore City Records:
Baltimore City Archives, Mayor's Office, D'Alesandro, Jr. Administrative Files, 1947-1953,
Negroes, box no. 282 [BRG9-23-22-3, BC/01/01/054].
Baltimore City Archives, Mayor's Office, D'Alesandro, Jr. Administrative Files, 1948,
Inter-racial relations, file no. 93, box no. 276 [BRG9-23-16-8, BC/01/01/048].
Baltimore City Archives, Department of Recreation and Parks, Meeting Minutes, Board of Park
Commissioners, 1946-1951 [BRG51-5-12, BC/21/04/028].
Unable to locate any BC Solicitor casefile.
Newspaper Coverage
"24 Defy Jim Crow Law, Arrested." Baltimore
Afro-American, 17 July
1948.
"To Face Issues in Tennis Case." Baltimore
Afro-American, 31 July
1948.
"Where Does the Mayor Stand?" Baltimore
Afro-American, 31 July
1948
"'Guilty' Tennis Players to Try Again." Baltimore
Afro-American, 6
November 1948.
"Half
Million Dollar Suit Demand End of Jim Crow. Afro-American (National edition), 18 September 1948.
"Menken
Calls Tennis Order Silly, Nefarious." The Sun, 9 November 1948.
H.L. Menken's last column, criticizing the case.
"Retrial Sought by Players in Mixed Tennis Matches. Afro-American (National edition), 13 November 1948.
"2nd
Interracial Tennis Party Repulsed at Park." Afro-American (National edition), 27 November 1948.
"Ruling in Tennis Case Scheduled." Baltimore
Afro-American, 22 January
1949.
Morris, Mae. "They Say Time Not Ripe for Integration."
Baltimore
Afro-American, 28 May 1949.
"Disturb Whose Peace?" Baltimore Afro-American, 15
October 1949.
"Lawyers Study Next Step in Fighting Park JC Here."
Baltimore
Afro-American, 2 January 1951.
The Baltimore City Park Board maintained scrapbooks of articles relating to Baltimore City parks. They are at the Baltimore City Archives, BCA_BRG51_1 and the series unit for the
period of the protest is BCA_BRG51_1_27, which covers the period October 1947 through December 1948. A sample pdf is uploaded here.
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