Canal St. Looking Towards River from Rampart St.

ID: 5718 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the New Orleans Public Library, City Archives, Photographs Arranged by Street Names, Canal Street. ~ Creator: Leon Trice, Photographer ~ Date: 1958

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

Woolworth's storefront is visible on the left hand side.

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…