Westland Theater Newspaper Advertisement Canceling the Screening of Joe Louis’s film “Spirit of Youth”
This file appears in: Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater: Screening of Joe Louis's “The Spirit of Youth” Sparks Controversy in 1938

Westland Theatre newspaper advertisement announcing that "Wide Open Faces," staring Jane Wyman would be shown in place of the "Joe Louis Picture," thus demonstrating that the management of the Westland Theatre had canceled the Saturday and Sunday screenings of "Spirit of Youth."
This file appears in: Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater: Screening of Joe Louis's “The Spirit of Youth” Sparks Controversy in 1938
Portsmouth NAACP Protests Jim Crow at the Westland Theater: Screening of Joe Louis's “The Spirit of Youth” Sparks Controversy in 1938
In February 1938, Joe Louis was just starting his reign as heavy-weight champion of the world, having won the title the previous June when he knocked out James J. Braddock. Portsmouth, Ohio, like the…