{"id":4872,"date":"1946-01-01T00:00:40","date_gmt":"1946-01-01T00:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/?p=4872"},"modified":"2013-05-31T14:26:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T14:26:43","slug":"an-exceptional-spectacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/1946\/01\/01\/an-exceptional-spectacle\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exceptional Spectacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Peoria was still largely segregated in the 1940s, The Famous Door was not: white and black Peorians fraternized on equal terms at the Pryor family bar.<\/p>\n<p>This photograph, which comes from a cache of photographs held by the Pryor family, might be interpreted in a number of ways. On the far-left, <a title=\"Harold Parker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/archive\/people\/harold-parker\/\">Harold Parker<\/a> (a Pryor family neighbor on North Washington Street in the 1940s) seems to be enjoying a night out in the company of a woman who appears to be white. His posture suggests ease and comfort; he appears undefended.<\/p>\n<p>But on the far-right, a black patron confronts the camera with a wary stare. Was this look a fluke \u2014 a momentary expression of surprise and nothing more \u2014 or was he guarded about having his photograph taken for a reason?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Peoria was still largely segregated in the 1940s, The Famous Door was not: white and black Peorians fraternized on equal terms at the Pryor family bar. 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