Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Katz Drug Store sit-in was one of the first sit-ins during the civil rights movement, occurring between August 19 and August 21, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In protest of racial discrimination, black schoolchildren sat at a lunch counter with their teacher demanding food, refusing to leave until they were served.
The 1958 Katz Drug Store sit-in was one of the first protests of its kind during the civil rights movement, occurring on August 19, 1958, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In protest of racial discrimination, black schoolchildren sat at a lunch counter with their teacher, demanding to be served and refusing to leave until they were.
On July 7, 1948, at 3:45 p.m., Edna Griffin, her infant daughter Phyllis, John Bibbs, and Leonard Hudson entered the Katz Drug Store in Des Moines, Iowa, and ordered ice cream at the lunch counter. The manager refused to serve them, saying, "It is the policy of our store that we don't serve colored."
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.
Record group: Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2004 (National Archives Identifier: 350)Series: Civil Case Files, compiled 1939 - 1967 (National Archives Identifier: 584939)
Street shop of second hand books at Nilkhet. Nilkhet (Bengali: নীলক্ষেত) is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. [1] It is located between Dhaka University to the east, Mirpur Road and New Market to the west, and Elephant Road to the north. [2]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Kawran Bazar has one of the largest wholesale marketplaces in Dhaka city. It is also one of the largest marketplaces in South Asia. [citation needed] As of 2024, the Dhaka North City Corporation owns four markets at Kawran Bazar, spread across approximately 24 bighas of land, consisting of 1,789 permanent shops and 180 temporary ones. [6]