A racial ban at the Seven Corners location was lifted in August 1961 , after an African official ( the mayor of Dar es Salaam , Tanganyika ) was refused service .
The State Department intervened with a call to S&W owner Frank Sherrill .
A racial ban at the Seven Corners location was lifted in August 1961 , after an African official ( the mayor of Dar es Salaam , Tanganyika ) was refused service and the State Department intervened with a call to S&W owner Frank Sherrill .