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Title: Sit-in at Lunch Counter
Description: Civil rights sit-in by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody at Woolworth's lunch counter. A crowd of people pours sugar, ketchup and mustard on them in protest.
Image ID: 2381
Creation
Date: 		May 28, 1963 
Creator
Name: 		Blackwell, Fred
City, State: Jackson, Mississippi
Collection
Name: 		Hunter Gray (John R. Salter) papers, 1889-1992, 1996-2000
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		RESTRICTED: Photo origin: AP, Jackson Daily News, photographer Fred Blackwell. Permission to publish must be obtained directly from Mr. Blackwell in advance of receipt of the image. Contact lisa.marine@wisconsinhistory.org for his contact info.
Subjects: Restaurants
Civil disobedience
Race relations
Crowds
Demonstrations
Civil rights
 

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