What kind of support existed for the boycotts and pickets?
This file appears in: Civil Rights Activists Protest Woolworth’s Department Store
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
On September 9, 1960, seven local university students staged a sit-in at Woolworth’s department store located at 1031 Canal Streetto protest the store’s refusal to serve Black people at the lunch counter. According to The New Orleans States Item,…