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McCrory's closes lunch counter

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Tutte, Vic The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)

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McCrory's five and dime has closed to prevent civil rights demonstrators from staging a sit in at the lunch counter in the store. Here is a view of the empty lunch counter from the sidewalk.
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Copyright © The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
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Richland Library, Columbia, S.C

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South Carolina Digital Library

Keywords

  1. Civil Rights
  2. Civil Rights Movements
  3. Demonstrations
  4. Lunch Counters
  5. Segregation

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