Canal Street

ID: 5719 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the New Orleans Public Library, City Archives, Photographs Arranged by Street Names, Canal Street. ~ Date: Unkown

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

A horse-mounted policeman ushers people across Canal Street in front of Woolworth's where protests occurred in 1960.

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 Streetto protest the store’s refusal to serve Black people at the lunch counter. According to The New Orleans States Item,…