Thalhimers lunch counter sit in
52 Years Ago Today via the Marcus Rice blog: On February 22, 1960, thirty-four students from the local historically black college sought to integrate the segregated lunch counter of Thalhimers Department Store and they were arrested. Just two days prio…
52 Years Ago Today via the Marcus Rice blog: On February 22, 1960, thirty-four students from the local historically black college sought to integrate the segregated lunch counter of Thalhimers Department Store and they were arrested. Just two days prior to that, 200 VUU students staged an initial protest, which had ended quietly in contrast. […]
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