Why did the boycotts last so long?

ID: 4726 ~ Source: Earl K. Long Library Special Collections ~ Creator: Claire DeLucca ~ Date: 2017

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Clip of Dr. Raphael Cassimere's Oral History

This file appears in: Civil Rights Activists Protest Woolworth’s Department Store

Civil Rights Activists Protest Woolworth’s Department Store

By Kathryn O'Dwyer & Oral history interviews by Claire DeLucca

On September 9, 1960, seven local university students staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s department store located at 1031 Canal Street to protest the store’s refusal to serve Black people at the lunch…