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On February 1, 1960, four African American college students sat down at the lunch counter inside a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their actions led to similar sit-ins at Woolworth’s and other stores with segregated lunch counters across the nation. Most of the Woolworth stores abandoned their segregation policies by the end of July, 1960, although some held out until 1965. Photograph caption dated April 4, 1960 reads "Nationwide protest against lunch counter segregation in south spread to Valley as these pickets marched before Woolworth Store at 8425 Van Nuys Blvd., in Panorama City. Demonstration scheduled by officers of National Association for Advancement of Colored People. Approximately 30 persons marched for six hour [sic]."
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People F. W. Woolworth Company Men Women African Americans--Civil rights--United States Boycotts Pickets Picketing Protest movements Civil rights demonstrations Associations, institutions, etc Stores & shops Signs and signboards Panorama City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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