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  2. Katz Drug Store - Wikipedia

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    Katz Drug Store interior in Kansas City, Missouri. Katz Drugstores followed local segregation practices, meaning non-whites were often denied service at lunch counters. In 1948, Edna Griffith and her family were denied service at a Katz Drugstore in Des Moines, Iowa, which led to sit-ins and protests. In 1949 the Iowa Supreme Court determined ...

  3. State v. Katz - Wikipedia

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    State of Iowa v. Katz (241 Iowa 115, 40 N.W. 2d 41 (1949)) was a landmark civil rights victory involving the Katz Drug Store in downtown Des Moines, Iowa . [ 1 ]

  4. Edna Griffin - Wikipedia

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    Edna May Griffin (1909 – February 8, 2000) was an American civil rights pioneer and human rights activist.Known as the "Rosa Parks of Iowa", her court battle against the Katz Drug Store in Des Moines in 1948, State of Iowa v.

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    Denied service in 1948 at the Katz Drug Store, the space Kum & Go now occupies, civil rights pioneer Edna Griffin staged boycotts and sit-ins and became a plaintiff in a lawsuit that ended up ...

  6. Here are 10 notable Oklahoma women you should know about ...

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    A year later, Luper and 13 of her students staged their first sit-in protest against segregation at Katz Drug Store on Aug. 19, 1958, where they asked for cokes. They returned to Katz day after ...

  7. Today marks 64 years since Katz drug store sit-in changed ...

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