Fifty years ago today, four college students sat at a Woolworth’s counter for lunch. They were African Americans; the lunch counter was for whites only. Were the students aware that this simple but defiant action would prove instrumental in the quest for racial equality? We’ll take a look back at the Civil Rights Movement with Reverend James Lawson, who speaks at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters this evening.
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