7 Released On Bail After Sit-in Here

ID: 5944 ~ Source: New Orleans State Item, September 10, 1960

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

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…