Dunham dancers Linda McKinley and Darryl Braddix dancing on train tracks
in East St. Louis, Illinois, 1970. Former dancer Braddix became manager
of Dunham’s property in East St. Louis. In 1967, Braddix was
arrested
by the East St. Louis police and charged with participating in a racially
motivated property crime.
Miss Dunham and her former personal manager,
Jeanelle Stovall, went to the police station with Braddix
when he was
arrested. The East St. Louis police detained Miss Dunham for more than
three hours, alleging
that she refused to leave the booking office after
being instructed to do so. In an interview following her arrest,
Miss
Dunham informed the New York Times that the police physically
restrained her after she inquired into the charges against Braddix. Missouri
Historical Society Photographs and Prints Collection.
