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Object Details

Description

The front page of the Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina. On February 1, 1960 four students from the college were refused service at the Woolworth lunch counter. After six months of students, civil right organization and members of the community protesting and boycotting Woolworth desegregated the lunch counter on July 25, 1960.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Thomas Rose

associated dates

1960 02 01 / 1960 02 01

ID Number

1994.0154.11

catalog number

1994.0154.11

accession number

1994.0154

Object Name

Newspaper

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
black (overall color)
white (overall color)

Measurements

average spatial: 16 in x 21 in; x 40.64 cm x 53.34 cm

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Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
Princeton Posters

Data Source

National Museum of American History

referenced

African American

Subject

Civil Rights Movement

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-f8a5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1160335

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