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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. Flynn–Griffin Building - Wikipedia

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   After the bank vacated the first floor, it was converted to Katz Drug Store. Even though racial segregation was illegal in Iowa, it was a reality in practice. In 1948 Edna Griffin, along with her infant daughter Phyllis, John Bibbs, and Leonard Hudson sat at the lunch counter at Katz's and ordered ice cream. They were refused and told that the ...

4. 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 ]

5. Today marks 64 years since Katz drug store sit-in ... - AOL

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6. 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.

7. 'My mother would be joyous,' says Clara Luper's daughter at ...

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   The design for a $3.6 million, bronze monument commemorating the Katz Drug Store sit-in, in the heart of downtown, was announced Wednesday. 'My mother would be joyous,' says Clara Luper's daughter ...

8. Des Moines, Iowa chapter of the Black Panther Party

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   The Des Moines, Iowa chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in 1968 and remained active until 1970. [1] [2] After spending time with political organizers in California, Mary Rhem (who later changed her name to Sister Haadasha) returned home to Des Moines to formally establish a local branch of the Black Panther Party, making Des Moines' chapter one of few to be launched by a woman.

9. Top Lux Living executives charged with fraud as high-profile ...

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   Top executives at Lux Living — the developer in Kansas City of two new high-profile apartment complexes, Wonderland in the Crossroads and Katz on Main at Westport Road — have been indicted in ...