Dockum Drug Store sit-in
1958 US civil rights protest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dockum Drug Store sit-in was one of the first organized lunch counter sit-ins for the purpose of integrating segregated establishments in the United States.[1] The protest began on July 19, 1958 in downtown Wichita, Kansas, at a Dockum Drug Store (a store in the old Rexall chain), in which protesters would sit at the counter all day until the store closed, ignoring taunts from counter-protesters. The sit-in ended three weeks later when the owner relented and agreed to serve black patrons.[1] Though it wasn't the first sit-in, it is notable for happening before the well known 1960 Greensboro sit-ins.
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Date | July 19 – August 11, 1958 (3 weeks and 2 days) | ||
Location | 37.68596°N 97.33548°W / 37.68596; -97.33548 | ||
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