Billy Simpson and friends celebrate in the upstairs Ebony Room
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Billy Simpson and the Ebony Table
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Billy Simpson and the Ebony Table
Civil Rights Tour: Civic and Social Life - Billy Simpson and the Ebony Table
So chronicled newspaper columnist William Raspberry upon the death of Billy Simpson (1914-1975), owner of Billy Simpson’s House of Seafood and Steaks. Indeed, between 1958 and his death, Billy Simpson and his restaurant played a central role in the…