Protest against lunch counter distribution in Greensboro, Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina

Title

Protest against lunch counter distribution in Greensboro, Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina

Creator

Bettman Archive

Description

Demonstrators gathered in front of a Woolworth store in Harlem, New York, Feb. 13, 1960, to protest lunch counter discrimination in Greensboro, Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina. The demonstrators, who belonged to a civil rights organization known as CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), urged Harlem residents not to patronize Woolworth stores until discrimination ended in the stores in the three Southern cities.

Date

Feb. 13, 1960

Source

Bettmann Archive

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Citation

Bettman Archive, “Protest against lunch counter distribution in Greensboro, Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4035.

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