‘The Chop House Affair’ and the purposefully forgotten victories for Montana’s Black residents

'The Chop House Affair' and the purposefully forgotten victories for Montana's Black residents • Daily Montanan

Kate Hampton of the Montana Historical Society speaks to a crowd at the Western Heritage Center in Billings to commemorate Juneteenth and the buried contributions of African-Americans to Montana's history. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan)You probably don’t know much about “The Chop House Affair” or the man who was arrested at his own wedding for wearing an Elks pin because those stories were intentionally left out of most state h…

‘The Chop House Affair’ and the purposefully forgotten victories for Montana’s Black residents

You probably don’t know much about “The Chop House Affair” or the man who was arrested at his own wedding for wearing an Elks pin because those stories were intentionally left out of most state history accounts for differing reasons…