Sam Cooke's Arrest in Shreveport

On the morning of October 8, 1963, Sam Cooke called ahead and arrived at the whites-only Holiday Inn North in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had made reservations for himself and his wife, Barbara (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come; source: https://64parishes.org/entry/a-change-is-gonna-come). The hotel refused to serve the party because they were Black (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come). Cooke was furious. He demanded to see the manager and refused to leave. His wife tried to calm him, telling him, "They'll kill you," and he answered, "They ain't gonna kill me, because I'm Sam Cooke" (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come). Cooke's biographer Peter Guralnick recounts the same exchange, with Barbara saying, "Sam, we'd better get out of here. They're going to kill you," and Cooke replying, "They're not gonna kill me; I'm Sam Cooke" (source: https://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/268995033/sam-cooke-and-the-song-that-almost-scared-him). As they left, Cooke "continuously blew the horn in his Maserati and all four of the cars' occupants shouted and cursed" (source: https://64parishes.org/entry/a-change-is-gonna-come). The party drove to the Black-owned Castle Hotel. The Holiday Inn had complained to police, who were waiting, and they arrested the group for disturbing the peace (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come; source: https://64parishes.org/entry/a-change-is-gonna-come). A Black man and his companions were criminalized for protesting a refusal of service rooted in segregation. Those arrested were released that afternoon after each paid a $102.50 cash bond, and that evening a bomb threat nearly stopped Cooke's show at Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium; he performed anyway (source: https://64parishes.org/entry/a-change-is-gonna-come). Cooke wrote "A Change Is Gonna Come" within a month or two of the Shreveport refusal and arrest (source: https://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/268995033/sam-cooke-and-the-song-that-almost-scared-him).